BILL ANALYSIS Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair 951 (Correa) Hearing Date: 04/26/2010 Amended: As Introduced Consultant: Mark McKenzie Policy Vote: T&H 7-1 _________________________________________________________________ ____ BILL SUMMARY: SB 951 would extend the Mobilehome Park Maintenance Inspection (MPMI) Program and the $4 fee imposed on mobilehome park owners to support the program from January 1, 2012 until January 1, 2017. This bill would also require the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to report additional information about the operation of the program in their semiannual report, as specified. _________________________________________________________________ ____ Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund MPM inspection program $500 $1,000 Special* (Program costs funded by fees) HCD report minor, absorbable costs Special* ____________ Mobilehome Park Revolving Fund (funding level based on revenue from fees) _________________________________________________________________ ____ STAFF COMMENTS: Under existing law, the Mobilehome Parks Act requires HCD or a local enforcement agency to inspect mobilehome parks that have had the most serious history of health and safety code violations, or complaints regarding these violations, with a goal of inspecting five percent of the parks each year. HCD or a local enforcement agency collects a per- space fee of $4 annually from mobilehome park owners to fund the program. A park owner may charge half of that amount to individual mobilehome owners. The MPMI program is scheduled to sunset on January 1, 2012. Existing law also requires HCD to convene a semiannual task force comprised of specified mobilehome groups and legislative representatives to provide input on the conduct and operation of the inspection program. HCD reports that tens of thousands of health and safety code violations have been cited and remedied since 1991. SB 951 would extend the operation of the MPMI program and the related $4 annual fee for an additional five years, from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2017. This bill would also require HCD to submit additional information to the task force on violations issued to mobilehome owners and park owners, and recommendations for statutory or administrative changes to the program to the task force in a semiannual written report. HCD indicates that the inspection program has exceeded the goal of inspecting at least five percent of the parks in recent years, which suggests that the $4 fee is currently adequate to cover MPMI program costs. Staff notes that AB 1964 (Torres), which is pending before the Assembly Appropriations Committee, would extend the MPMI program until January 1, 2019.