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AN ACT

RELATING TO MOBILE HOME PARKS; PROVIDING FOR HOUSING FOR OLDER

PERSONS DESIGNATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 47-10-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,

Chapter 122, Section 11, as amended) is amended to read:

"47-10-11. CLOSED PARKS PROHIBITED.--

A. The management shall not require, as a

condition of tenancy in a mobile home park, that the

prospective tenant purchase a mobile home from a particular

seller or from any one of a particular group of sellers and

shall not require that the management act as agent in the

future sale of the mobile home.

B. The management shall not give any special

preference in renting to a prospective tenant who has

purchased a mobile home from a particular seller.

C. A seller of mobile homes shall not require as a

condition of sale that a purchaser locate in a particular

mobile home park or in any one of a particular group of mobile

home parks.

D. The management shall not prohibit the listing

or sale of a mobile home within the park by the owner of the

mobile home or the owner's agent. The management shall not

require as a condition of sale that the management serve as

the selling agent.

E. The management shall treat all persons equally

in evaluating credit or renting or leasing available space,

except that a park may be designated for housing for older

persons after a six months' notice to the residents, provided

that the management complies with all applicable procedures of

state and federal antidiscrimination laws, including the

federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3601-3619."

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