HB 210 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0638

05/03

HOUSE BILL 210

AN ACT relative to the procedure for eviction from a manufactured housing park.

SPONSORS: Rep. Warden, Hills 39

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

This bill shortens the notice required for eviction from a manufactured housing park due to condemnation of the park. The bill also limits the number of times a tenant of the park can defeat an eviction action by paying the rent and other arrearages.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0638

05/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to the procedure for eviction from a manufactured housing park.

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

1 Termination of Tenancy. Amend RSA 205-A:3, II to read as follows:

II. 60 days, for an action based on RSA 205-A:4, II, III, IV, [or] V, or VII.

2 Permissible Reasons for Eviction; Condemnation or Change of Use. Amend RSA 205-A:4, VI to read as follows:

VI. [Condemnation or] Change of use of the manufactured housing park.

VII. Condemnation of the manufactured housing park.

3 Permissible Reasons for Eviction; Payment of Rent Pending Eviction Action. Amend RSA 205-A:4, I to read as follows:

I. Nonpayment of rent, utility charges, or reasonable incidental service charges; provided that no action for possession shall be maintained if prior to the expiration of an eviction notice the tenant shall pay or tender all arrearages due plus $15 as liquidated damages, provided, however, that a tenant may not defeat an eviction for nonpayment by use of this paragraph more than 3 times within a 12-month period.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.