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                                                                  SB 149
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          Date of Hearing:   June 27, 2012

               ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
                                 Norma Torres, Chair
                     SB 149 (Correa) - As Amended:  May 25, 2012

          SENATE VOTE  :   31-3
           
          SUBJECT  :   Mobilehomes and special occupancy parks: permit 
          invoice: notice.

           SUMMARY  :   Requires the Department of Housing and Community 
          Development (HCD) or a local enforcement agency to include on 
          the annual invoice for a permit to operate a mobilehome park or 
          special occupancy park notice of the Mobilehome Residency Law 
          and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law, as applicable 
          to the park.

           EXISTING LAW  

          1)Regulates, pursuant to the Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL), the 
            relationship between park owners or managers and residents in 
            mobilehome parks and manufactured housing communities (Civil 
            Code §798 et seq.).

          2)Directs HCD to regulate, pursuant to the Mobilehome Parks Act 
            (MPA), the construction, installation, use, maintenance, and 
            occupancy of mobilehomes and mobilehome parks (Health and 
            Safety Code Section 18200, et seq.). 

          3)Gives local agencies the option of assuming enforcement 
            authority of the MPA and its implementing regulations within 
            their jurisdiction through agreement with HCD (Health and 
            Safety Code Section 18300). 

          4)Requires mobilehome park owners to obtain a permit to operate 
            from HCD or the local enforcement agency and renew the permit 
            on an annual basis (Health and Safety Code Section 18506).

          5)Regulates, pursuant to the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy 
            Law, the relationship between park owners or managers and park 
            occupants in recreational vehicle parks (Civil Code §799.20, 
            et seq.).

          6)Directs HCD to regulate, pursuant to the Special Occupancy 








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            Park Act (SOPA), the construction, maintenance, occupancy, 
            use, and design of recreational vehicle parks (Health and 
            Safety Code Section 18200, et seq.).

          7)Gives local agencies the option of assuming enforcement 
            authority of the SOPA and its implementing regulations within 
            their jurisdiction through agreement with HCD (Health and 
            Safety Code Section 18865). 

          8)Requires recreational vehicle park owners to obtain a permit 
            to operate from HCD or the local enforcement agency and renew 
            the permit on an annual basis (Health and Safety Code Section 
            18870.7).
          
           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   

          The Mobilehome Residency Law (MRL) is California's 
          landlord-tenant law for mobilehome parks, extensively regulating 
          the rights, responsibilities, obligations, and relationships 
          between mobilehome park owners and managers and park residents. 
          The Recreational Vehicle Parks Occupancy Law is the analogous 
          law for recreational vehicle parks.

          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. The Special Occupancy Parks Law 
          (SOPA) is the analogous law for recreational vehicle parks.  HCD 
          has adopted statewide regulations to enforce both acts' 
          provisions.  Local agencies have the option of assuming 
          enforcement authority of the MPA and the SOPA within their 
          jurisdiction through agreement with HCD.  Among these 
          enforcement duties is performing health and safety inspections 
          of parks.

          The MPA and the SOPA require each mobilehome park and 
          recreational vehicle park annually to pay a fee and obtain a 
          permit to operate from either HCD or the local enforcement 
          agency. SB 149 requires HCD and local enforcement agencies to 
          include in each annual permit-to-operate invoice a notice of the 
          MRL and the Recreational Vehicle Parks Occupancy Law, as 
          applicable to the park.









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          The author chairs the Senate Select Committee on Manufactured 
          Housing and Communities and introduced SB 149 to broaden 
          knowledge of the MRL and the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy 
          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 MRL. The situation is 
          similar for recreational vehicle parks. The select committee 
          staff reports that owners and managers of mobilehome parks and 
          recreational vehicle parks that are not members of trade 
          associations are sometimes entirely unaware that the MRL and the 
          Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law exist even though they 
          are bound by their provisions.  SB 149 attempts to make owners 
          aware of the laws that are applicable in their parks.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anya Lawler / H. & C.D. / (916) 
          319-2085