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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 435.1, subsection 5, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. "Modular home" means a factory-built structurebuilt on1 4a permanent chassiswhich is manufactured to be used as a 1 5 place of human habitation, is constructed to comply with the 1 6 Iowa state building code for modular factory-built structures, 1 7 and must display the seal issued by the state building code 1 8 commissioner. If a modular home is placed in a mobile home 1 9 park, the home is subject to the annual tax as required by 1 10 section 435.22. If a modular home is placed outside a mobile 1 11 home park, the home shall be considered real property and is 1 12 to be assessed and taxed as real estate. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 555B.4, subsection 3, Code 1997, is 1 14 amended to read as follows: 1 15 3. If a tax lien exists on the mobile home or personal 1 16 property at the time an action for abandonment is initiated, 1 17 the real property owner shall notify the county treasurer of 1 18 each county in which a tax lien appears by restricted 1 19 certified mail sent not less than ten days before the hearing. 1 20 The notice shall describe the mobile home and shall state the 1 21 docket, case number, date and time at which the hearing is 1 22 scheduled, and the county treasurer's right to assert a claim 1 23 to the mobile home at the hearing. The notice shall also 1 24 state that failure to assert a claim to the mobile home is 1 25 deemed a waiver of all right, title, claim, and interest in 1 26 the mobile home and is deemed consent to the sale or disposal 1 27 of the mobile home. 1 28 Sec. 3. Section 562B.7, subsection 6, Code 1997, is 1 29 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu 1 30 thereof the following: 1 31 6. "Mobile home park" means a site, lot, field, or tract 1 32 of land upon which three or more mobile homes, manufactured 1 33 homes, or modular homes, or a combination of any of these 1 34 homes are placed on developed spaces and operated as a for- 1 35 profit enterprise with water, sewer or septic, and electrical 2 1 services available. 2 2 EXPLANATION 2 3 This bill relates to the definitions and abandonment 2 4 procedures for certain factory-built homes. The bill amends 2 5 the definition of a modular home to remove the reference to 2 6 being built on a permanent chassis. The bill also provides 2 7 that in an abandonment action taken on a mobile home by the 2 8 real property owner, the owner shall include the docket and 2 9 case number with the notice to the county treasurers in 2 10 counties in which a tax lien appears on the mobile home. The 2 11 bill also redefines mobile home parks to include references to 2 12 modular homes and manufactured homes which are located in the 2 13 parks along with mobile homes, references to sewer or septic, 2 14 water, and electrical services which are available in the 2 15 park, and a reference to the for-profit status of the parks. 2 16 LSB 2395HC 77 2 17 tj/sc/14
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