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An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park Tenants

An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park Tenants

Housing
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Traci Gere
Last action
2025-05-23
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park Tenants

An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park Tenants Sponsor: Representative Traci Gere Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park Tenants Sponsor: Representative Traci Gere Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-23 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-13 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-07 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP

  5. 2025-04-22 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-22 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  7. 2025-03-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Housing and Economic Development.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park Tenants
Sponsor:
Representative Traci Gere
Reference committee:
Housing and Economic Development
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2095(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 788 - L.D. 1183
An Act to Ensure Rent-to-own Protections Apply to Mobile Home Park
Tenants
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6203-H, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 350, §2, is
amended by enacting at the end a new first blocked paragraph to read:
"Option contract for the purchase of real property or rent-to-own real property"
includes an agreement under this paragraph for which the residential real property
subject to the agreement is a mobile home as defined in Title 10, section 9091,
subsection 1.
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §6203-H, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 350, §2, is
amended to read:
B. Include a statement that the vendor has inspected the property to be conveyed and
certifies that the property is in compliance with sections 6021 and 6021‑A, subject to
the provisions of section 6021, subsection 5 authorizing a waiver for a stated reduction
in payment or other specified fair consideration, and, if applicable, that the property is
in compliance with Title 10, section 9099, subject to the provisions of Title 10, section
9099, subsection 4 authorizing a waiver for a stated reduction in payment or other
specified fair consideration;
Sec. 3. 14 MRSA §6203-H, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 350, §2, is
amended to read:
C. Identify the party required to maintain the premises in compliance with sections
6021 and 6021‑A and, if applicable, Title 10, section 9099;
Sec. 4. 14 MRSA §6203-H, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 350, §2, is
amended by amending subparagraph (3) to read:
(3) The option contract for the purchase of real property or rent-to-own real
property requires the vendor to maintain the real property pursuant to the
provisions of section 6021, unless a waiver pursuant to the provisions of section
6021, subsection 5 has been entered into, and the provisions of section 6021‑A and,
APPROVED
MAY 23, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
92
PUBLIC LAW
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if applicable, the provisions of Title 10, section 9099, unless a waiver pursuant to
Title 10, section 9099, subsection 4 has been entered into; and