PRINTER'S NO. 2509

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2020 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, TRELLO, JAROLIN, CORRIGAN AND BATTISTO,
           SEPTEMBER 25, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, SEPTEMBER 25, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of November 24, 1976 (P.L.1176, No.261),
     2     entitled "An act providing for the rights and duties of
     3     mobile home owners or operators and mobile home residents,"
     4     further regulating mobile home park evictions.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 3(a) of the act of November 24, 1976
     8  (P.L.1176, No.261), known as the Mobile Home Park Rights Act, is
     9  amended to read:
    10     Section 3.  Evictions.--(a)  A mobile home resident shall
    11  only be evicted for any of the following reasons:
    12     (1)  Nonpayment of rent.
    13     (2)  A second or subsequent violation of the rules of the
    14  mobile home park occurring within a six-month period.
    15     (3)  If there is a change in use of the park land or parts
    16  thereof. In the event that an eviction is to commence under
    17  section 4 or this section, the resident may be evicted only
    18  after:
    19     (i)  a copy of the plan for change of use, showing the

     1  location of the land affected and the time frame, has been
     2  presented to the resident; and
     3     (ii)  the resident has been offered another location within
     4  the mobile home park, if available.
     5     (4)  Termination of mobile home park.
     6     * * *
     7     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
















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