Bill Text: NY S04761 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the change in the use of the land comprising the manufactured home park.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [S04761 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04761-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4761
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 20, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
         Community Development
       AN  ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to manufactured home
         park owners and change in the use of the land comprising such manufac-
         tured home park
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  6  of subdivision b of section 233 of the real
    2  property law, as amended by chapter 561 of the laws of 2008, is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    6.  (i) The manufactured home park owner or operator proposes a change
    5  in the use of the land comprising  the  manufactured  home  park,  or  a
    6  portion  thereof,  on which the manufactured home is located, from manu-
    7  factured home lot rentals to some other use, provided  the  manufactured
    8  home owner is given written notice of the proposed change of use and the
    9  manufactured  home  owner's  need  to secure other accommodations.  SUCH
   10  NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE: (A) A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANGE OF USE PROPOSED BY
   11  THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR; AND  (B)  A  COPY  OF  ALL
   12  APPLICATIONS  REQUIRED  TO  AFFECT  SUCH  CHANGE  OF  USE THAT HAVE BEEN
   13  SUBMITTED TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH JURISDICTION. REGARDLESS OF  WHEN
   14  SUCH  NOTICE MAY BE SERVED, NO EVICTION PROCEEDINGS BASED ON A CHANGE OF
   15  USE SHALL BE COMMENCED UNTIL SUCH APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE
   16  LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Whenever a manufactured home park  owner  or  operator
   17  gives a notice of proposed change of use to any manufactured home owner,
   18  the  manufactured  home  park owner or operator shall, at the same time,
   19  give notice of the proposed change of use to all other manufactured home
   20  owners in the manufactured home park who  will  be  required  to  secure
   21  other  accommodations  as  a  result  of  such  proposed  change of use.
   22  Eviction proceedings based on a change in use  shall  not  be  commenced
   23  prior to six months from the service of notice of proposed change in use
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07572-02-1
       S. 4761                             2
    1  or  the  end of the lease term, whichever is later. Such notice shall be
    2  served in the manner prescribed in section seven hundred thirty-five  of
    3  the  real  property  actions  and  proceedings law or by certified mail,
    4  return receipt requested.  NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO DIMINISH
    5  OR  EXCUSE  THE  REQUIREMENT  FOR  FACTUAL  ARTICULATION REQUIRED BY ANY
    6  NOTICE WHICH HERETOFORE MAY HAVE BEEN MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
    7    (ii) Where a purchaser of a manufactured home park certified that such
    8  purchaser did not intend to change the use of the land pursuant to para-
    9  graph (b) of subdivision two of section two  hundred  thirty-three-a  of
   10  this  article, no eviction proceedings based on a change of use shall be
   11  commenced until the expiration of sixty months  from  the  date  of  the
   12  closing  on  the  sale  of  the park. NO MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR
   13  OPERATOR SHALL PROCEED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS THE
   14  INTENTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR TO  CAUSE  THE
   15  MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TO BE VACATED.
   16    S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 233-a of the real prop-
   17  erty  law,  as  added  by chapter 561 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
   18  read as follows:
   19    (a) If a manufactured home park owner MARKETS FOR SALE OR  receives  a
   20  bona  fide offer to purchase a manufactured home park that such manufac-
   21  tured home park owner intends to accept,  such  manufactured  home  park
   22  owner shall require [the] ANY prospective purchaser to provide, in writ-
   23  ing,  the  certification  required by paragraph (b) of this subdivision,
   24  and shall not accept any offer to purchase, nor respond with a  counter-
   25  offer  until such manufactured home park owner has received such certif-
   26  ication.
   27    S 3. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 233-a of the  real  property  law
   28  are  renumbered subdivisions 4 and 5 and a new subdivision 3 is added to
   29  read as follows:
   30    3. IN THE EVENT THAT THE MANUFACTURED PARK  OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  IS  A
   31  CORPORATION, COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED
   32  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP,  SAID  CORPORATION,  COMPANY,  LIMITED LIABILITY
   33  COMPANY, PARTNERSHIP, OR LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP SHALL BE  PROHIB-
   34  ITED  FROM  SERVING  THE  NOTICE  REQUIRED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SIX OF
   35  SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, WITH-
   36  IN SIXTY MONTHS OF THE SALE, TRANSFER,  CONVEYANCE,  OR  ASSIGNMENT,  BY
   37  OPERATION  OF  LAW OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY PORTION OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN
   38  SAID CORPORATION, COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY,  PARTNERSHIP,  OR
   39  LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP.
   40    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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