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House Journal: Page 1166: Wednesday, April 1, 1998

29     414.28A  LAND-LEASED COMMUNITIES.
30     A city shall not adopt or enforce zoning or
31   subdivision regulations or other ordinances which
32   disallow or make infeasible the plans and
33   specifications of land-leased communities solely
34   because the housing within the land-leased community
35   will be modular or manufactured housing.
36     "Land-leased community" means any site, lot, field,
37   or tract of land under common ownership upon which ten
38   or more occupied manufactured homes or modular homes
39   are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue
40   purposes, and shall include any building, structure,
41   or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the
42   equipment of the land-leased community.  The term
43   "land-leased community" shall not be construed to
44   include homes, buildings, or other structures
45   temporarily maintained by any individual, educational
46   institution, or company on their own premises and used
47   exclusively to house their own labor or students.
48     Sec. 102.  Section 435.1, subsection 4, Code
49   Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
50     4.  "Mobile home park" means a site, lot, field, or

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 1   tract of land upon which three or more mobile homes,
 2   or manufactured homes, or modular homes, or a
 3   combination of any of these homes are placed on
 4   developed spaces and operated as a for-profit
 5   enterprise with water, sewer or septic, and electrical
 6   services available.
 7     Sec. 103.  Section 435.22, unnumbered paragraph 1,
 8   Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 9     The owner of each mobile home, or manufactured
10   home, or modular home, located within a mobile home
11   park shall pay to the county treasurer an annual tax.
12   However, when the owner is any educational institution
13   and the home is used solely for student housing or
14   when the owner is the state of Iowa or a subdivision
15   of the state, the owner shall be exempt from the tax.
16   The annual tax shall be computed as follows:
17     Sec. 104.  Section 435.26, subsection 1, paragraph
18   a, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
19     a.  A mobile home, modular home, or manufactured
20   home which is located outside a mobile home park shall
21   be converted to real estate by being placed on a
22   permanent foundation and shall be assessed for real
23   estate taxes.  A home, after conversion to real
24   estate, is eligible for the homestead tax credit and
25   the military tax exemption as provided in sections
26   425.2 and 427.3."
27     3.  Page 8, by inserting before line 1 the
28   following:

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