§ 233-a. Sale of manufactured home parks. 1. Whenever used in this\nsection:\n (a) The term "notify" shall mean the placing of a notice in the United\nStates mail, addressed to the officers of the manufactured homeowners'\nassociation or the manufactured home park owner by certified mail,\nreturn receipt requested, or personal delivery upon the officers of the\nmanufactured homeowners' association, or if no manufactured homeowners'\nassociation exists, upon all manufactured homeowners in the manufactured\nhome park or the manufactured home park owner. Each such notice shall be\ndeemed to have been given upon the deposit of the notice in the United\nStates mail or upon receipt of personal delivery.\n (b) The term "manufactured homeowners' association", whether\nincorporated or not, shall mean an association greater than fifty\npercent of all manufactured homeowners within the manufactured home\npark, who shall have given written consent to forming a manufactured\nhomeowners' association, and which association has notified the park\nowner of its establishment and has provided to the park owner the names\nand addresses of the officers of such association. The provisions of\nsection two hundred twenty-three-b of this article shall apply to the\nformation of a manufactured homeowners' association.\n 2. If a manufactured home park owner takes any action to market or\noffer the park for sale, or receives a bona fide offer to purchase a\nmanufactured home park that such manufactured home park owner intends to\naccept or respond to with a counteroffer, a manufactured home park owner\nshall include a notice stating that such acceptance or counteroffer\nshall be subject to the right of the homeowners of the manufactured home\npark to purchase the manufactured home park pursuant to this\nsubdivision. Notwithstanding any provision of law or agreement to the\ncontrary, every agreement to purchase a manufactured home park by a\nprospective purchaser of a manufactured home park shall be subject to\nthe right of the homeowners of the manufactured home park to purchase\nthe manufactured home park pursuant to this subdivision.\n 3. (a) If a manufactured home park owner receives a bona fide offer to\npurchase a manufactured home park that such manufactured home park owner\nintends to accept or respond to with a counteroffer, such manufactured\nhome park owner shall notify:\n (i) the officers of the manufactured homeowners' association within\nsuch park of all the terms thereof; provided that the park owner has\nbeen notified of the establishment of a manufactured homeowners'\nassociation and been provided with the names and addresses of the\nofficers of such association; or\n (ii) if no homeowners' association exists, all manufactured homeowners\nin the manufactured home park; and\n (iii) the commissioner of housing and community renewal.\n (b) The manufactured home park owner's notification shall state:\n (i) the price;\n (ii) the material terms and conditions of sale upon which such\nmanufactured home park owner would sell the park;\n (iii) that the manufactured homeowners have the right to organize a\nmanufactured homeowners' association or a manufactured homeowners'\ncooperative for the park;\n (iv) that purchase financing may be available through the New York\nstate homes and community renewal; and\n (v) that the manufactured homeowners' association, a cooperative, or\nmanufactured home owners or tenants have one hundred forty days to\nexercise their right to purchase the park in accordance with this\nsection.\n (c) (i) If a manufactured homeowners' association exists at the time\nof the offer, the association shall, within sixty days of receipt of\nnotice from the park owner, deliver to the park owner a notice of intent\nto make an offer to purchase the park. If such notice is not delivered\nwithin the sixty days, the park owner has no further obligation under\nthis section.\n (ii) If the manufactured homeowners' association
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