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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 149
Author: Correa (D)
Amended: 1/11/12
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 6-0, 01/10/12
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Lowenthal, Pavley, Rubio,
Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman, Huff, Kehoe
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Mobilehome Parks Act: permit invoice: notice
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development or a local agency to include in its
mobilehome park permit-to-operate invoice a notice of the
Mobilehome Residency Law.
ANALYSIS : The Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) governs the
relationship between mobilehome park owners and their
residents. Residents of mobilehome parks typically own
their mobilehomes and rent the spaces on which the homes
are placed. Mobilehomes, once placed in a park, are
difficult to relocate. Because of this, state and local
laws prescribe rules for this specific landlord-tenant
relationship. The MRL, the relevant state law, extensively
regulates the rights, responsibilities, obligations, and
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relationships between mobilehome park owners and managers
and park residents.
The Mobilehome Parks Act (MPA) directs the Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD) to regulate
mobilehome parks to assure protection of the health,
safety, and general welfare of all mobilehome park
residents. HCD has adopted statewide regulations to
enforce the act's provisions. Local agencies, however,
have the option of assuming enforcement authority within
their jurisdictions through agreement with HCD. Among
these enforcement duties is performing health and safety
inspections of parks.
The MPA requires each mobilehome park annually to pay a
$140 fee and obtain a permit to operate from either HCD or
a local enforcement agency. State law requires that HCD
develop a method to invoice these permits and that each
enforcement agency issue invoices for permits for parks
under its jurisdiction.
This bill requires that HCD or a local enforcement agency
to include in its invoice a notice of the MRL.
Comments
The author chairs the Senate Select Committee on
Manufactured Housing and Communities, and he introduced
this bill to broaden the public's knowledge of the
Mobilehome Residency Law, at the least cost to the state.
While California has nearly 5,000 mobile and manufactured
home parks, the author reports that only about 1,500 parks
are members of professional trade associations that provide
ongoing education for their members, including knowledge
of, and updates to, the Mobilehome Residency Law. The
select committee staff reports that parks that are not
members of these associations are sometimes entirely
unaware that the MRL even exists. This bill attempts to
make them aware of the law.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 1/18/12)
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Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
JJA:nl 1/18/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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