(c) The Department may charge a mobile home park owner an annual fee of no more than $12.00
for each occupied leased lot in the park on September 1 of each year. The park owner
may charge this fee to the affected mobile home park leaseholders. The fee shall be
submitted to the Department with the registration form required in subsection (a)
of this section. If a mobile home park owner charges the fee under this subsection,
the fee shall not be deemed to be a lot rent increase and shall not be included in
any calculation of a lot rent increase pursuant to section 6251 of this title. A mobile home park owner shall not be charged the fee under this subsection for
any mobile home park in which all the mobile homes are owned by the mobile home park
owner. The Commissioner may enforce filing of the registration form and payment of
the fee under subsection 6205(a) of this title. A special fund shall be created for these fees to be used by the Department for
its expenses in administering the laws regarding mobile home parks and to pay any
fees required in the mediation process pursuant to section 6252 of this title and for legal representation for leaseholders pursuant to section 6253 of this title. This special fund shall be managed in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. (Added 1995, No. 33, § 2, eff. June 1, 1995; amended 1995, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 391, eff. May 22, 1996; 1997, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 23, 1998; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 71; 2011, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 14, 2012; 2013, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)