2018 -- H 7770

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED

HOMES--AFFORDABLE HOUSING

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Roberts, Mendonca, Price, Quattrocchi, and Morgan

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2018

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-44 of the General Laws entitled "Mobile and Manufactured

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Homes" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     31-44-23. Mobile and manufactured homes as affordable housing.

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     A group of twenty (20) or more mobile or manufactured homes which have been affixed

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to the real property within a mobile and manufactured home park as defined in § 31-44-1 and

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which have been affixed to the real property of the park for one year or more shall qualify in all

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respects as affordable housing, notwithstanding the provisions of § 45-53-3.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED

HOMES--AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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     This act would qualify mobile and manufactured homes as affordable housing when

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installed and affixed in mobile and manufactured home parks in groups of twenty (20) or more

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for a year or more.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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