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Introduced
01/21/2025
01/21/2025
In Committee
03/27/2025
03/27/2025
Crossed Over
02/18/2025
02/18/2025
Passed
04/02/2025
04/02/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/01/2025
05/01/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Mobile home communities and manufactured homes. Provides that, for purposes of the Indiana department of health's enforcement of statutes governing mobile home communities, if the owner of a mobile home community is provided written notice from a water utility that the mobile home community will be disconnected from water service, the mobile home community is in violation of the mobile home community's statutory obligation to provide water as of the date on which the owner is provided the notice. Provides that the owner of the mobile home community and the Indiana department of health must receive written notice at least 30 days before the notice that the water service will be disconnected. Authorizes a court to appoint a receiver upon request by a utility providing electric, gas, water, or wastewater utility service to a mobile home community when the property owner has failed to pay: (A) invoiced utility bills for a period greater than 90 days from the due date; or (B) amounts due under a curative payment plan for a period of at least 60 days from the initial due date prescribed under the payment plan. Specifies that a comprehensive plan or ordinance adopted by a county, city, or town may not categorically preclude installation of all manufactured homes that meet specified requirements as permanent residences on a lot on which any other type of dwelling unit may be placed. Provides units may adopt standards and requirements in the comprehensive plans and ordinances that preclude manufactured homes that exceed 12 feet in width and 500 square feet of occupied space but may not preclude manufactured homes that exceed the standards and requirements in current law of 23 feet in width and 950 square feet of occupied space.
AI Summary
This bill addresses several key provisions related to mobile home communities and manufactured homes in Indiana. First, it clarifies that if a water utility provides written notice of disconnecting water service to a mobile home community, the community is considered in violation of water supply requirements on the date of the notice. The bill mandates that both the mobile home community owner and the Indiana Department of Health must receive at least 30 days' written notice before water service disconnection. Additionally, the bill authorizes courts to appoint a receiver when a utility providing electric, gas, water, or wastewater service to a mobile home community has not been paid for over 90 days or has failed to meet a curative payment plan for at least 60 days. The legislation also restricts local comprehensive plans and ordinances from categorically preventing the installation of manufactured homes that meet certain requirements. Specifically, local jurisdictions may create standards that preclude manufactured homes smaller than 12 feet wide and 500 square feet, but cannot prevent the installation of manufactured homes that are 23 feet wide and 950 square feet or larger, ensuring more flexibility for manufactured home placement across different types of residential lots.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (6)
Alex Zimmerman (R)*,
Blake Doriot (R),
Jenny Meltzer (R),
Doug Miller (R),
Justin Moed (D),
Linda Rogers (R),
Last Action
Public Law 175 (on 05/01/2025)
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