HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1676        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1501

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mathew Muratore

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to perspective purchasers in manufactured housing communities.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/15/2015

Viriato M. deMacedo

Plymouth and Barnstable

1/15/2015

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

9/23/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1676        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1501

By Mr. Muratore of Plymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1501) of Mathew Muratore, Viriato M. deMacedo and Angelo L. D’Emilia for legislation to require financial and criminal background searches of perspective purchasers in manufactured housing communities.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1559 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to perspective purchasers in manufactured housing communities.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any provision in the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth to the contrary, in connection with selling a manufactured home in a Manufactured Housing Community, it is the best interest of all parties that the prospective purchaser undergoes a financial/criminal background search; and in connection therewith, the applicant for residency for that Manufactured Housing Community shall be responsible for reimbursing the owner/operator of that Manufactured Housing Community the actual cost of acquiring that information.