BILL NUMBER: SB 149	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  307
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 11, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2011

   An act to amend Sections 18506 and 18870.7 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to mobilehome and special occupancy parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 149, Correa. Mobilehome and special occupancy parks: permit
invoice: notice.
   The Mobilehome Parks Act generally regulates various
classifications of mobilehome and related vehicle parks. The Special
Occupancy Parks Act generally regulates special occupancy parks.
Those acts require any person prior to operating a manufactured
housing community, mobilehome park, or special occupancy park to
obtain a valid permit that is issued by the enforcement agency, as
specified. Existing law requires that the permit be issued and
invoiced according to a method and schedule established by the
Department of Housing and Community Development.
   The Mobilehome Residency Law and the Recreational Vehicle Park
Occupancy Law govern tenancies in mobilehome parks and recreational
vehicle parks and impose various duties on the owners of mobilehome
parks and recreational vehicle parks and the agents and
representatives authorized to act on behalf of the owners.
   This bill would require that the invoice for the permits to
operate issued pursuant to the Mobilehome Parks Act or the Special
Occupancy Parks Act provide notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law
and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law, as applicable.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18506 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   18506.  A permit to operate shall be issued by the enforcement
agency. A copy of each permit to operate shall be forwarded to the
department. A permit to operate shall not be issued for a park when
the previous operating permit has been suspended by the enforcement
agency until the violations which were the basis for the suspension
have been corrected. Any park which was in existence on September 15,
1961, shall not be denied a permit to operate if the park complied
with the law which this part supersedes. A permit to operate shall be
issued for a 12-month period and invoiced according to a method and
schedule established by the department. The invoice shall provide
notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law (Chapter 2.5 (commencing with
Section 798) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code)
and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law (Chapter 2.6
(commencing with Section 799.20) of Title 2 of Part 2 of Division 2
of the Civil Code), as applicable to the park. Any permit application
returned to the enforcement agency 30 days after the due date shall
be subject to a penalty fee equal to 10 percent of the established
fee. The penalty fee for submitting a permit application 60 or more
days after the due date shall equal 100 percent of the established
permit fee. The penalty and the established permit fee shall be paid
prior to issuance of the permit, and the fee and 100 percent penalty
shall be due upon demand of the enforcement agency for any park which
has not applied for a permit.
  SEC. 2.  Section 18870.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   18870.7.  A permit to operate shall be issued by the enforcement
agency. A copy of each permit to operate shall be forwarded to the
department. A permit to operate shall not be issued for a park when
the previous operating permit has been suspended by the enforcement
agency until the violations that were the basis for the suspension
have been corrected. Any park that was in existence on September 15,
1961, shall not be denied a permit to operate if the park complied
with the law that this part directly or indirectly supersedes. A
permit to operate shall be issued for a 12-month period and invoiced
according to a method and schedule established by the department. The
invoice shall provide notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law
(Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 798) of Title 2 of Part 2 of
Division 2 of the Civil Code) and the Recreational Vehicle Park
Occupancy Law (Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 799.20) of Title
2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Civil Code), as applicable to the
park. Permit applications returned to the enforcement agency 30 days
after the due date shall be subject to a penalty fee equal to 10
percent of the established fee. The penalty fee for submitting a
permit application 60 or more days after the due date shall equal 100
percent of the established permit fee. The penalty and the
established permit fee shall be paid prior to issuance of the permit,
and the fee and 100 percent penalty shall be due upon demand of the
enforcement agency for any park that has not applied for a permit.