Bill Text: VA HB1397 | 2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-17 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0833) [HB1397 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB1397-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §55.1-1308.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§55.1-1308.1. Sale of manufactured home park to developer; relocation expenses.
If the termination of a rental agreement is due to the
sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop the
park and change its use, the landlord shall provide to each manufactured home
owner in the park $2,500 $5,000 in relocation expenses within the
180-day notice period provided for in subsection B of §55.1-1308 for the
purpose of removing the manufactured home from the park. For manufactured
home parks located in Planning District 8, the landlord shall provide to each
manufactured home owner in the park $3,500 in relocation expenses within the
180-day notice period provided for in subsection B of §55.1-1308 for the
purpose of removing the manufactured home from the park. Such relocation
expenses shall be subject to a written agreement between the landlord and the
manufactured home owner to remove the manufactured home from the park.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a landlord shall not be subject to
any other requirement under a zoning ordinance or conditional use or other
permit under Title 15.2 to pay additional funds or provide additional financial
assistance to a manufactured home owner if a rental agreement is terminated due
to the sale of the manufactured home park to a buyer that is going to redevelop
the park and change its use.