Amend Senate File 252 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 13, by striking<five> and inserting <one>
   2.  Page 1, line 13, after<dollars.> by inserting <However, if the manufactured or mobile home retailer fails to obtain the certificate of title within ninety days of the date of acquisition, such penalty shall be five hundred dollars.>
   3.  Page 2, line 11, after<interest.> by inserting <If a purchaser prepays an amount under the sales contract, the seller is not required to provide an updated schedule of payments unless an updated schedule is requested in writing by the purchaser. The seller may charge a fee to the purchaser not to exceed ten dollars for providing the updated schedule of payments.>
   4.  Page 5, by striking lines 19 and 20 and inserting: 
   <4.
  a.  Rental agreements shall be for a term of one year unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement at least six months.>
   5.  Page 6, by striking line 9 and inserting <not to exceed two five hundred dollars in addition>
   6.  Page 6, by striking lines 20 through 35 and inserting <disclosure statement to the prospective tenant that includes all of the following:
   a.  An explanation of utility rates, charges, and services, unless the utility charges are paid by the tenant directly to the utility company.
   b.  An explanation of any fee or amount required to be paid by the tenant to the landlord or to a third party as a condition of the rental agreement.
   c.  A statement relating to the statutory rights and duties of landlords and tenants under this chapter, including specific references to sections 562B.4, 562B.11, 562B.13, 562B.16, 562B.22, 562B.23, 562B.24, and 562B.31.
   d.  The telephone number and mailing address of the attorney general’s consumer protection division.>
   7.  Page 7, by striking lines 4 through 11 and inserting <realized by the tenant selling the tenant’s mobile home, unless the manufactured home community or park owner or operator has acted as agent for the mobile home owner pursuant to a voluntary written agreement under subsection 4.
   Sec. ___.  Section 562B.19, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A landlord may act as an agent for a mobile home owner who is a tenant during the sale of a mobile home if such agency is established pursuant to a voluntary written agreement between the landlord and the tenant.>
   8.  Page 7, line 29, after<rent.> by inserting <The remedy provided under this subsection shall not be construed to allow a tenant to procure and deduct items or services related to the tenant’s personal property or to other property for which the landlord is not responsible under the rental agreement.>
   9.  By renumbering as necessary.

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THOMAS G. COURTNEY