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SENATE BILL 371-FN

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill addresses the award of damages and attorneys fees in manufactured housing park disputes. The bill also amends the membership of the board of manufactured housing.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

109:1 Regulation of Manufactured Housing Parks; Attorneys' Fees and Costs. Amend RSA 205-A:19 to read as follows:

205-A:19 Attorneys' Fees and Costs. If the court finds that a tenant or a park owner has filed a frivolous petition for the purpose of harassing [the park owner] the other party, it shall assess the court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees against the petitioner.

109:2 Manufactured Housing Parks; Board of Manufactured Housing Membership. Amend RSA 205-A:25, I to read as follows:

I. There is hereby created a board of manufactured housing consisting of 9 members. The members of the board shall be:

(a) Two public members, appointed by the governor.

(b) [One member] Two members appointed by the governor, from a list of [2] 3 persons nominated by the New Hampshire Manufactured Housing Association.

[(c) One member appointed by the governor, from a list of 2 persons nominated by the New England Manufactured Housing Association.]

[(d)] (c) One member appointed by the governor, from a list of 2 persons nominated by the Mobile/Manufactured Homeowner and Tenants Association of New Hampshire.

[(e)] (d) One member appointed by the governor who is a resident of a manufactured housing park who is not a member of the Mobile/Manufactured Homeowner and Tenants Association of New Hampshire.

[(f)] (e) One member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, appointed by the president of such association.

[(g)] (f) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

109:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.

(Approved: May 3, 2002)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2003)