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SB-935, As Passed Senate, May 19, 2026
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SENATE BILL NO. 935
A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled
"The mobile home commission act,"
by amending sections 17, 18, 25, 28, 28a, and 29 (MCL 125.2317,
125.2318, 125.2325, 125.2328, 125.2328a, and 125.2329), section 17
as amended by 2015 PA 40, section 25 as amended by 2016 PA 410,
section 28 as amended by 1993 PA 241, and section 28a as added by
1988 PA 337, and by adding sections 28d and 28e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17. (1) The department or its authorized representative 1
shall, at least on an annual basis, conduct a physical inspection 2
April 29, 2026, Introduced by Senators BELLINO, CHERRY, BAYER, OUTMAN, CHANG,
HAUCK, SHINK, IRWIN and CAVANAGH and referred to Committee on Regulatory
Affairs.
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of mobile home parks and seasonal mobile home parks in accordance 1
with standards established by the department. The department shall 2
prepare a report documenting the findings of the inspection, 3
including all material deficiencies, and submit a copy of the 4
report to each local government in which the mobile home park or 5
seasonal mobile home park is located. The department shall prepare 6
a report documenting the findings of the inspection, including all 7
material deficiencies, and submit a copy of the report to each 8
local government in which the mobile home park or seasonal mobile 9
home park is located and, if the report includes material 10
deficiencies, to all secured parties. A report documenting the 11
findings of the inspection may be used for licensing 12
determinations. 13
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1) or for 14
purposes of issuing a license or renewing a license pursuant to 15
under this act, a local government shall not inspect a mobile home 16
park or seasonal mobile home park unless the local unit has reason 17
to believe that this act, the code, or rules promulgated pursuant 18
to under this act were violated. 19
(3) If the department determines that a mobile home park or 20
seasonal mobile home park needs to be reinspected due to material 21
deficiencies identified during the department's initial inspection, 22
the department may charge a reinspection fee of not more than 23
$200.00. The department may promulgate rules to establish the 24
reinspection fees charged under this subsection. 25
Sec. 18. (1) A variance in the design and construction of a 26
mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park may be granted upon 27
on notice of the request to the local government and the department 28
of public health and human services at the time of filing with the 29
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department. of commerce. If the local government grants a variance 1
which that would permit activities violative of that violate the 2
minimum standards of the code, the local government shall file with 3
the department a copy of the variance order and an explanation of 4
the reason for the granting of the order. The department may 5
approve or disapprove the variance or revoke the variance upon 6
after notice and hearing. 7
(2) After a public hearing the department may grant a specific 8
variance to a substantive requirement of the code if the literal 9
application of the substantive requirement would result in an 10
exceptional, practical difficulty to the applicant, and if the 11
specific condition justifying the variance is neither so general 12
nor recurrent in nature as to make an amendment of the code with 13
respect to the condition reasonably practical or desirable. 14
(3) The department may attach in writing a condition in 15
connection with the granting of a variance that in its judgment is 16
necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people 17
of this state. The variance shall must not exceed the minimum 18
necessary to alleviate the exceptional, practical difficulty. 19
(4) A variance to a local ordinance, zoning requirement, or 20
local rule may be granted only by a local government. 21
(5) A variance to a rule promulgated under this act may be 22
granted only by the commission. 23
(6) The department and owner of the mobile home park or 24
seasonal mobile home park must retain a record or written 25
documentation of any variance granted under this act for as long as 26
the variance is in effect. 27
Sec. 25. (1) The commission shall promulgate rules relating to 28
the responsibility of the mobile home dealer, the mobile home 29
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installer and repairer, and the mobile home park or seasonal mobile 1
home park owner for installation and setup of a mobile home. 2
(2) The department shall promote effective and uniform 3
enforcement of this act and the mobile home code by enhancing the 4
proficiency and skills of mobile home installers and repairers. 5
Subject to subsection (3), the department shall promulgate rules 6
relating to all of the following for mobile home installers and 7
repairers: 8
(a) Minimum training and experience standards, qualifications, 9
and classification of responsibilities. 10
(b) Minimum criteria for the approval of educational or 11
training courses or programs. If the department finds that a 12
proposed educational or training course or program is acceptable 13
under the minimum criteria established under this subdivision, the 14
department shall approve the proposed educational or training 15
course or program for a limited period of time and with any 16
appropriate qualifications established by the department. 17
(c) Applicable fees to review materials regarding educational 18
or training courses or programs, training tests, and instructor 19
qualifications. 20
(3) The commission and other interested parties may make 21
recommendations to the department regarding the rules promulgated 22
under subsection (2). The department shall consider the 23
recommendations but has the final responsibility and authority to 24
approve the rules promulgated under subsection (2). 25
(4) (2) A person licensed under article 7, 8, or 11 of the 26
skilled trades regulation act, 2016 PA 407, MCL 339.5701 to 27
339.5739, 339.5801 to 339.5819, and 339.6101 to 339.6133, is not 28
required to be licensed as a mobile home installer and repairer in 29
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order to perform work on mobile homes for which the person is 1
licensed, unless the work performed also includes the setup, 2
installation, or general repair of mobile homes. 3
(5) (3) Articles 7, 8, and 11 of the skilled trades regulation 4
act, 2016 PA 407, MCL 339.5701 to 339.5739, 339.5801 to 339.5819, 5
and 339.6101 to 339.6133, do not apply to the setup or installation 6
of a mobile home and the following connections or replacement or 7
repair of the following connections, by a licensed mobile home 8
installer and repairer: 9
(a) Factory-installed electrical wiring, devices, appliances, 10
or appurtenances to available electrical meters or pedestals. 11
(b) Factory-installed piping, fixtures, plumbing appliances, 12
and plumbing appurtenances to sanitary drainage or storm drainage 13
facilities, venting systems, or public or private water supply 14
systems. 15
(c) Factory-installed process piping, heating and cooling 16
equipment, and systems or supply lines to available service meters 17
or mains. 18
Sec. 28. (1) An owner or operator of a mobile home park or 19
seasonal mobile home park shall not engage, or permit an employee 20
or agent to engage, in any of the following unfair or deceptive 21
methods, acts, or practices: 22
(a) Directly or indirectly charging or collecting from a 23
person an entrance a fee to enter a mobile home park or a seasonal 24
mobile home park. 25
(b) Requiring a person to directly or indirectly purchase a 26
mobile home from another person as a condition of entrance to, or 27
the lease or rental of a space within, a mobile home park or 28
seasonal mobile home park space. 29
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(c) Directly or indirectly charging or collecting from a 1
person a refundable or nonrefundable exit fee to exit a mobile home 2
park or seasonal mobile home park. 3
(d) Requiring or coercing a person to purchase, rent, or lease 4
goods or services from another person as a condition of any of the 5
following: 6
(i) Entering into a the mobile home park or seasonal mobile 7
home park or a lease. 8
(ii) Selling a mobile home through the mobile home park or 9
seasonal mobile home park owner or operator, or his or her the 10
mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park owner's agent or 11
designee upon leaving a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 12
park. 13
(iii) Renting space in a mobile home park or seasonal mobile 14
home park. 15
(e) Directly or indirectly charging or collecting from a 16
person money or other thing of value for electric, fuel, or water 17
service without the use of that service by a resident or tenant 18
being first accurately and consistently measured, unless that 19
service is included in the rental charge as an incident of tenancy. 20
(f) Conspiring, combining, agreeing, aiding, or abetting in 21
the employment of a method, act, or practice that violates this 22
act. 23
(g) Renting or leasing a mobile home or site in a mobile home 24
park or seasonal mobile home park without offering a written lease. 25
(h) Subject to section 28a, prohibiting a resident from 26
selling his or her the resident's mobile home on-site for a price 27
determined by that resident, if the purchaser qualifies for tenancy 28
and the mobile home meets the conditions of written mobile home 29
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park or seasonal mobile home park rules or regulations. This 1
subdivision does not apply to seasonal mobile home parks. 2
(i) Subject to reasonable mobile home park or seasonal mobile 3
home park rules governing the location, size, and style of exterior 4
television antenna, antennas, prohibiting a person from installing 5
or maintaining an exterior television antenna on a mobile home 6
within the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park unless the 7
mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park provides park the 8
residents of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park, 9
without charge, a central television antenna for UHF-VHF reception. 10
(j) Charging more for utility services beyond that which is 11
charged by the utility service provider. 12
(k) Requiring a tenant to use an electronic billing or payment 13
system as the only method for the payment of rent, fees, penalties, 14
or utilities. 15
(l) Assessing a fee or charge to a tenant for the tenant's 16
refusal or inability to use an electronic billing or payment system 17
used by the owner of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 18
park for the payment of rent or fees. 19
(m) Using an electronic billing or payment system that 20
requires a tenant to waive individual or collective rights or 21
remedies provided by law. 22
(n) Using an electronic billing or payment system that 23
collects, or requires access to, a tenant's personal data or data 24
stored on a tenant's device beyond that which is necessary to make 25
a payment. 26
(o) Requiring the use of an electronic signature for the 27
signing of a lease agreement. 28
(p) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, charging 29
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fees that are not associated with a service provided to the owner 1
of the mobile home or that reflect additional costs to the mobile 2
home park or seasonal mobile home park that are associated with the 3
occupancy of the owner of the mobile home. If penalties or fines 4
are assessed, they must be reasonable and not excessive. Fees, 5
penalties, and fines assessed by the owner of the mobile home park 6
or seasonal mobile home park must be included in a lease offered by 7
the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park and posted in a 8
location accessible to residents. 9
(q) Terminating a resident's tenancy to change the use or 10
substantive nature of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 11
park without first notifying the tenant at least 12 months before 12
the change in the use or substantive nature of the mobile home park 13
or seasonal mobile home park. 14
(2) A tenant resident of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile 15
home park may bring an action on his or her the resident's own 16
behalf for a violation of this section. 17
(3) If the commission has reason to suspect that the owner of 18
a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park is engaged in 19
conduct that violates existing water utility tariffs or qualifies 20
the owner of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park for 21
regulation as a water utility, the commission shall promptly send a 22
written report of the alleged violation to the Michigan public 23
service commission. 24
(4) If the owner of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile 25
home park provides utility services to the resident of the mobile 26
home park or seasonal mobile home park, the owner of the mobile 27
home park or seasonal mobile home park shall make available to a 28
resident of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park, upon 29
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request, the utility rates and charges that are directly related to 1
the resident's usage or the formula used to distribute the charges 2
for nonmetered usage. 3
Sec. 28a. (1) Mobile home park rules or regulations may 4
include provisions governing the physical condition of mobile homes 5
and the aesthetic characteristics of mobile homes in relation to 6
the mobile home park in which they are located, subject to all of 7
the following: 8
(a) The age or size of a mobile home shall must not be used as 9
the sole basis for refusing to allow an on-site, in-park sale or 10
for refusing to allow the mobile home to remain on-site. The burden 11
of going forward in a suit against the mobile home park owner or 12
operator for violation of this subdivision is on the resident. 13
(b) The standards incorporated in the written park rules or 14
regulations governing the physical condition and aesthetic 15
characteristics of mobile homes in the mobile home park shall apply 16
equally to all residents. 17
(c) A mobile home sold on-site shall must conform with Act No. 18
133 of the Public Acts of 1974, being sections 125.771 to 125.774 19
of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1974 PA 133, MCL 125.771 to 125.774. 20
(d) Any charge connected to the on-site, in-park sale of a 21
mobile home, other than the inspection fee permitted under 22
subdivision (e) and the commission or fee charged by a mobile home 23
dealer licensed under this act who is engaged by the seller to 24
transact the sale, is an entrance or exit fee in violation of that 25
violates section 28. 26
(e) A park The owner or operator of a mobile home park may 27
charge a reasonable fee to inspect the mobile home before sale. The 28
charge shall must not be more than $30.00, or the amount charged 29
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for building permit inspections by the municipality in which the 1
mobile home is located, whichever is higher. 2
(f) The standards governing the physical condition of mobile 3
homes and the aesthetic characteristics of mobile homes in the 4
mobile home park, as incorporated in the written park rules, shall 5
must not be designed to defeat the intent of this section. 6
(2) Subsection (1)(f) shall does not apply if the mobile home 7
park is changing its method of doing business and provides not less 8
than 1 year's notice, unless a different notice period is otherwise 9
provided by law, of the proposed change to all affected mobile home 10
park residents. A change in a mobile home park's method of doing 11
business includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: 12
(a) Conversion to a mobile home park condominium pursuant to 13
under the condominium act, Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, 14
being sections 559.101 to 559.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 15
1978 PA 59, MCL 559.101 to 559.276. 16
(b) Conversion to total rental of both mobile home site and 17
park-owned mobile homes. 18
(c) Changes in use of the land on which the mobile home park 19
is located. 20
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2), a mobile home park 21
may require a mobile home to be moved to a comparable site within 22
the mobile home park, at the expense of the mobile home park. 23
(4) If, after termination of a resident's tenancy for just 24
cause as provided in chapter 57a of the revised judicature act of 25
1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 26
600.5771 to 600.5785 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 1961 PA 236, 27
MCL 600.5771 to 600.5785, the resident of a mobile home park sells 28
his or her the resident's mobile home to the owner or operator of 29
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the mobile home park, or to any entity in which the owner or 1
operator has any interest, the resident shall have has the right to 2
have the mobile home's value appraised and, if so appraised, the 3
sale price of the mobile home shall must not be less than the 4
appraised value. 5
(5) Except as provided in subsection (1)(a), an owner of a 6
mobile home park owner or operator, or both, has the burden of 7
going forward to show compliance with subsection (1). 8
Sec. 28d. (1) An owner of a mobile home park or seasonal 9
mobile home park shall offer a lease or rental agreement with a 10
term of no less than 1 year to a prospective tenant or tenant. 11
Nothing in this subsection prohibits an owner of a mobile home park 12
or seasonal mobile home park from entering into a lease or rental 13
agreement with a term of less than or more than 1 year with a 14
prospective tenant or tenant, including a monthly lease or rental 15
agreement. 16
(2) A written lease or rental agreement between an owner of a 17
mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park and a tenant for a 18
duration that is less than 1 year must include language that a 19
lease or rental agreement of a duration of 1 year or more was 20
offered but was declined. 21
(3) A lease or rental agreement under this act must comply 22
with the truth in renting act, 1978 PA 454, MCL 554.631 to 554.641. 23
A person that violates this subsection is liable as provided in 24
section 42. 25
(4) A resident of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 26
park may bring an action on the resident's own behalf for a 27
violation of this section in a court of competent jurisdiction. 28
(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to a lease or rental 29
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agreement for a mobile home or seasonal mobile home that is owned 1
by a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park or a subsidiary 2
of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park in which the 3
mobile home or seasonal mobile home is located. 4
Sec. 28e. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the 5
amendatory act that added this section, a lease offered by a mobile 6
home park or seasonal mobile home park for the site in which a 7
resident places a mobile home or seasonal mobile home that is owned 8
by the resident must contain an option to renew the lease. An 9
option to renew the lease automatically renews the lease unless any 10
of the following apply: 11
(a) The tenant notifies the owner of the mobile home park or 12
seasonal mobile home park 30 days before the expiration of the 13
lease that the tenant does not intend to renew the lease. 14
(b) The owner of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 15
park notifies the tenant 30 days before the expiration of the lease 16
that the lease will not be renewed and specifies in writing the 17
reasons for nonrenewal as described under section 5775 of the 18
revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.5775. 19
(c) The owner of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 20
park ceases to operate all or a portion of the mobile home park or 21
seasonal mobile home park. 22
(d) The owner of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 23
park seeks to change the terms of the new lease agreement. If the 24
only change is the amount of rent, the owner of the mobile home 25
park or seasonal mobile home park shall, not later than 30 days 26
before the end of the current lease, provide a written notice to 27
the tenant that states the amount of rent to be charged. If there 28
are no changes to the terms of the new lease agreement, the owner 29
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of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park shall provide 1
a written notice to the tenant that states that there are no 2
changes to the terms of the lease agreement. 3
(e) The resident's tenancy in the mobile home park or seasonal 4
mobile home park was terminated in accordance with chapter 57a of 5
the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.5771 to 6
600.5785. 7
(2) The owner of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home 8
park must provide a copy of the lease agreement to the tenant. 9
(3) A notice under this section must be by personal delivery 10
or first-class mail. 11
(4) A lease agreement that provides for an option to renew the 12
lease in accordance with this section must incorporate the 13
requirements of subsection (1)(a) to (d) and must be signed by both 14
parties. 15
(5) This section does not affect the termination of a 16
resident's tenancy in accordance with chapter 57a of the revised 17
judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.5771 to 600.5785. 18
Sec. 29. A utility company or municipal service provider shall 19
notify the department 10 days before shutoff of service for 20
nonpayment, including sewer, water, gas, or electric service, when 21
the service is being supplied to the licensed owner or operator of 22
a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park for the use and 23
benefit of the park's tenants.residents of the mobile home park or 24
seasonal mobile home park. 25
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 26
unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are 27
enacted into law: 28
(a) Senate Bill No. 934. 29
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(b) Senate Bill No. 937. 1
(c) Senate Bill No. 936. 2