Sec. 21-70a. Displacement of residents due to change in land use. Relocation expenses and compensatory payments. Notice of closing of park, requirements.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, in any case in which a mobile manufactured home park containing two hundred or more units in which a majority of residents have been given written notice, prior to June 23, 1999, pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 21-80 or subparagraph (E) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 21-80 , regardless of whether one or more of such notices or the service of such notices is subsequently deemed invalid or ineffective, the amount of the relocation or compensatory payments required to be paid to such resident under the provisions of this section shall not exceed seven thousand dollars, regardless of whether a subsequent valid notice or notices are properly served subsequent to June 23, 1999, and such subsequent notice or notices expire on or after October 1, 2000.

(c) The owner of a mobile manufactured home park, who intends to close the park, shall notify, in writing, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, the Commissioner of Housing and the chief elected official in the town in which the park is located at least ninety days prior to refusing to renew any leases because of the impending closing, or on any earlier date the owner gives any notice of the closing of the park as may be required by the general statutes.