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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE AND MANUFACTURED

HOMES--AFFORDABLE HOUSING

     

     Introduced By: Senator E Morgan

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2022

     Referred To: Senate Housing & 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 ยง 31-44-1 and which

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

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as affordable housing, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 53 of title 45.

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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 for

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a year or more.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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