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299 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK LOT RENTALS 327C.15 327C.12 RETALIATORY CONDUCT PROHIBITED. A park owner may not increase rent, decrease services, alter an existing rental agree- ment or seek to recover possession or threaten such action in whole or in part as a penalty for a resident's: (a) good faith complaint to the park owner or to a government agency or official; (b) good faith at, erupt to exercise rights or remedies pursuant to state or federal law; or (c) joining and participating in the activities of a residem association as defined under section 327C.0 I, subdivision 9a. In any proceeding in which retaliatory conduct is alleged, the burden of proving other- wise shall be on the park owner if the owner's challenged action began within 90 days after the resident engaged in any of the activities idemified in clause (a), (b), or (c). If the chal- lenged action began more than 90 days after the resident engaged in the protected activity, the party claiming retaliation must make a prima facie case. The park owner must then prove otherwise. History: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 511 art 2 s 33; 1995 c 13 s 1 327C.13 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. No park owner shall prohibit or adopt any rule prohibiting residents or other persons from peacefully organizing, assembling, canvassing, leafletting or otherwise exercising within the park their right of free expression for noncommercial purposes. A park owner may adopt and enforce rules that set reasonable limits as to time, place and manner. History: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 13 327C.14 RIGHT OF ACCESS. Subdivision 1. To the home. A park owner has no right of access to a manufactured home located within the park unless access is necessary to prevent damage to the park prem- ises or to respond to an emergency. Subd. 2. To the lot. A park owner may come omo a manufactured home lot in order to inspect the lot, make necessary or agreed upon repairs or improvements, supply necessary or agreed upon goods or services or exhibit the lot to prospective or actual purchasers, mortga- gees, residents, workers or contractors. The park owner may come onto the resident's lot whenever necessary to respond to or prevent an emergency, but otherwise may not come onto the lot at unreasonable times or in a way that unreasonably disrupts the resident's use and enjoyment of the lot. History: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 14 327C.15 REMEDIES; PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT. Any violation of sections 327C.01 to 327C.14 is a violation of a law referred to in sec- tion 8.31, subdivision 1. History: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 15