1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to manufactured homes; clarifying the amount 
  1.3             that may be charged to residents for utility services; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 327C.04, 
  1.5             subdivision 3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 327C.04, 
  1.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [PERMISSIBLE RATES.] (a) Except as provided in 
  1.10  subdivision 4, no park owner shall, directly or indirectly, 
  1.11  charge or otherwise receive payment from a resident for a 
  1.12  utility service, or require a resident to purchase a utility 
  1.13  service from the park owner or any other person, at a rate which 
  1.14  is greater than either of the following:  
  1.15     (a) (1) a rate which the resident could pay directly for 
  1.16  the same utility service from some other comparable source in 
  1.17  the same market area; or 
  1.18     (b) (2) a rate which is charged to single family dwellings 
  1.19  with comparable service within the same market area.  
  1.20     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a park owner may not 
  1.21  collect more than the actual amount billed to the owner by a 
  1.22  utility for utility service furnished to residents. 
  1.23     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.24     Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment.