BILL NUMBER: AB 591	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   141
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1997
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 27, 1997
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 11, 1997
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 7, 1997
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 25, 1997

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Aguiar
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Escutia, Keeley, and Morrow)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Karnette, McPherson, and O'Connell)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1997

   An act to amend Section 798.86 of the Civil Code, relating to
mobilehomes.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 591, Aguiar.  Mobilehome  Residency Law.
   Existing law provides that, in the event a homeowner, former
homeowner, or former resident of a park is the prevailing party in a
civil action against the management to enforce his or her rights
under the Mobilehome Residency Law, the homeowner or resident, in
addition to damages afforded by law, may, in the discretion of the
court, be awarded an amount not to exceed $500 for each willful
violation of that law by the management.
   This bill would specify that such an action may be brought in
small claims court, and would increase the discretionary damages for
willful violation from $500 to $2,000.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 798.86 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   798.86.  In the event a homeowner or former homeowner of a park is
the prevailing party in a civil action, including a small claims
court action, against the management to enforce his or her rights
under this chapter, the homeowner, in addition to damages afforded by
law, may, in the discretion of the court, be awarded an amount not
to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each willful violation of
this chapter by the management.