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HB193 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND.

Housing Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hilovsky
Last action
2025-09-03
Official status
Signed 9/3/25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text shows an expiration date of July 1, 2029 for Section 7042, but does not specify if the fund dissolves or continues under different rules after that date.

Changes to the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund

This law removes the money limit for a trust fund that helps move manufactured homes and increases how much from tenant fees goes to an attorney support fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the $15 million cap on the total amount of money allowed in the Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund.
  • Increases the part of the monthly fee paid by tenants that is redirected to the Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund from 50 cents to $1.50 per lot.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tenants who rent lots in manufactured home communities in Delaware
  • Landlords who own rented lots in manufactured home communities

Terms To Know

Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund
A pool of money collected from monthly fees on rented lots to help pay for moving manufactured homes.
Monthly Assessment
The fee set by the Board that is split between landlords and tenants for each rented lot in a manufactured home community.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not state the total amount of the monthly assessment, only how much from it goes to other funds.
  • The Trust Fund section has an expiration date of July 1, 2029, but the text does not explain what happens after that date.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HA 1

1 • Hilovsky

Passed 6/24/25

Plain English: This amendment updates how the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund sets its spending limit by giving the Board more flexibility.

  • The maximum amount of money in the Trust Fund will be set at $15 million instead of a fixed number from before.
  • The DMHRA Board can now change, remove, or bring back this $15 million cap whenever they think it is needed based on costs.
  • The amendment text contains confusing sentence fragments that make the exact wording unclear without seeing the original bill.
  • It does not explain what specific voting rules under section 7041(c)(3) are required to change the cap.
HA 2

2 • Hilovsky

Passed 6/24/25

Plain English: This amendment sets a specific start date of January 1, 2026, for changes made by House Bill No. 193 regarding the Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund.

  • The bill will now officially take effect on January 1, 2026, instead of starting immediately when it is signed into law.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-03 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 7 On Its Merits

  3. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  4. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 2 to HB 193 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  5. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 193 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  6. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 2 to HB 193 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  7. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT

  8. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

  9. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 193 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  10. 2025-06-17 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Housing) in House with 2 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits

  11. 2025-06-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Housing Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND.
In Chapter 70, Subchapter V of Title 25, the Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund was established. It is administered by a Board of Directors. The Board was directed to set a monthly assessment for deposit in the Trust Fund for each rented lot in a manufactured home community. This Act removes the cap of the Trust Fund, currently set at $15 million. This Act also raises the amount of the tenant portion of the monthly assessment to be redirected to the Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund from 50 cents of the tenant portion to $1.50. This Act takes effect on the date of enactment.

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SPONSOR:

Rep. Hilovsky & Sen. Hoffner & Sen. Buckson

Reps. Snyder-Hall, Lambert; Sens. Wilson, Huxtable

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 193

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE MANUFACTURED HOME RELOCATION TRUST FUND.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 7042, Title 25 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows and by redesignating accordingly:

§ 7042. Delaware Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund [Expires July 1, 2029, pursuant to subsection (d) of this section].

(e) The cap on the Trust Fund is $15 million. The cap may be adjusted, eliminated, or reinstated by the Board at any time, subject to the voting requirements under § 7041(c)(3) of this title.

(f) If the Trust Fund ceases to exist, the funds held at the time of dissolution must be liquidated as follows:

(1) Fifty percent of the total funds, on a per capita basis, to tenants of rented lots in manufactured home communities in Delaware who have occupied the lots for at least the 12 months immediately prior to the time of the dissolution.

(2) Fifty percent of the total funds to landlords owning rented lots at the time of dissolution, prorated on the number of lots actually rented by the landlords for at least the 12 months immediately prior to the time of dissolution.

(g) (1) a. The Board shall set a monthly assessment for deposit in the Trust Fund for each rented lot in a manufactured home community. The Board may adjust, eliminate, or reinstate the assessment, and shall notify landlords and tenants of each adjustment, elimination, or reinstatement under Board regulations.

b. One-half of the monthly assessment set under paragraph (g)(1)a. of this section is the obligation of the tenant of rented lot, and

½

one-half

of the assessment is the obligation of the landlord.

c. Beginning on

December 11, 2019,

[enactment date],

the landlord portion of the monthly assessment is credited

50 cents

$1.50

for each rented lot.

d. Beginning on

December 11, 2019, 50 cents

[enactment date], $1.50

of the tenant portion of the monthly assessment for each rented lot is redirected to the Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund under § 7046 of this title.

SYNOPSIS

In Chapter 70, Subchapter V of Title 25, the Manufactured Home Relocation Trust Fund was established. It is administered by a Board of Directors. The Board was directed to set a monthly assessment for deposit in the Trust Fund for each rented lot in a manufactured home community. This Act removes the cap of the Trust Fund, currently set at $15 million. This Act also raises the amount of the tenant portion of the monthly assessment to be redirected to the Delaware Manufactured Home Owner Attorney Fund from 50 cents of the tenant portion to $1.50. This Act takes effect on the date of enactment.