Bill Text: DE SB125 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-31 - Signed by Governor [SB125 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-SB125-Draft.html
SPONSOR: |
Sen. Poore & Rep. Brady |
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Sens. Lopez, Pettyjohn, Sokola, Townsend; Reps. Bennett, Bolden, Outten, Peterman |
DELAWARE STATE SENATE 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
SENATE BILL NO. 125 |
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION AUTHORITY. |
Section 1.Amend Chapter 70, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and deletions as shown by strikethrough as follows:
§ 7012.Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund.
(c)
The Trust Fund terminates on July 1, 2014July 1, 2019, unless terminated sooner
or extended by the General Assembly.
(d)
The cap on the Trust Fund is $10 million $15 million. The cap may
be adjusted, eliminated or reinstated by the board of directors of the
Authority at any time, subject to the voting requirements of §7011(c)(3) of
this title.
Section 2. Amend §7013, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and deletions as shown by strikethrough as follows:
(f) In lieu of collecting payment from the
Trust Fund pursuant to the procedure in subsection (a) of this
section, a tenant may abandon the manufactured home in the manufactured home
community and collect from the Trust Fund $1,500 for a single-section home
or $2,500 for a multi-section home, as long as the tenant delivers to the
Authority a current State of Delaware title to the manufactured home duly
endorsed by the owner or owners of record, valid releases of all liens shown on
the title, and a tax release.A
tenant shall receive a payment from the Trust Fund for the abandoned
manufactured home.Before collecting a
payment, a tenant shall deliver to the Authority a current State of Delaware
title to the manufactured home duly endorsed by the owner of record, a valid
release of all liens shown on the title, and a tax release.The amount of the payment shall be set by the
Authority.The Authority's determination
of the amount of the payment is final and may not be appealed.
SYNOPSIS
This bill is the result of a recommendations made by the Joint Sunset Committee relating to the sunset review of the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Authority. This bill extends the sunset date for the Trust Fund for an additional five (5) years to July 1, 2019. This bill increases the cap on the Trust Fund to $15 million. This bill provides the Authority's board of directors with the ability to set the maximum payment to be paid to a tenant who abandons a manufactured home in a manufactured home community. Currently the Authority's board of directors establishes the maximum compensation that tenants may be awarded to relocate a manufactured home, as well as payments for manufactured homes that are determined to be nonrelocatable. |
Author: Senator Poore