BILL NUMBER: AB 2029	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cook

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to amend Section 18114 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to mobilehomes.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2029, as introduced, Cook. Mobilehomes: annual registration
fee.
   The Mobilehome Parks Act requires the payment of an annual
registration fee for a manufactured home or mobilehome.
   This bill would exempt a manufactured home or mobilehome household
whose income is below the federal poverty level, as defined, from
the annual fee requirement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 18114 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   18114.  (a) A registration fee of twenty-three dollars ($23) shall
be due and payable to the department at the time of original
registration or renewal of registration for each transportable
section of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that
is subject to annual renewal.
   (b) For a manufactured home, mobilehome, or truck camper that is
not subject to annual renewal, the registration fee of twenty-three
dollars ($23) shall be due for each transportable section at the time
of original registration and upon application for each subsequent
change, addition, or deletion of registered owners, legal owners, or
junior lienholders and shall be in addition to any other fees that
may be required by the application.
   (c) A registration fee of forty-two dollars ($42) shall be charged
for each original application for registration of a floating home
and for each subsequent application to record a change, addition, or
deletion of registered owners, legal owners, or junior lienholders of
a floating home. This fee shall be in addition to any other fees
that may be required by the application.
   (d) A registration fee is delinquent if not paid in accordance
with the following:
   (1) On or before the expiration date of the previous registration
year for all annual renewals.
   (2) Ten days after the date the transaction is complete, as
defined in subdivision (e) of Section 18080.5, for all transactions
by or through a dealer whenever a manufactured home, mobilehome, or
commercial coach is sold, rented, leased, leased with an option to
buy, or otherwise transferred, except that for registration fees due
because of annual renewal, the fee is delinquent after the expiration
date of the previous registration year.
   (3) Except for dealer transactions, 20 days after the registration
fee became due for original registration required by subdivision
(a), and for registration fees required by subdivisions (b) and (c).
   (e) A penalty of three dollars ($3) shall be added for each
registration fee that is delinquent. No penalty is due if the
application and required registration fees were placed in the United
States mail before midnight on the day before the fee became
delinquent, as evidenced by postmark or affidavit by the applicant.

   (f) This section shall not apply to a manufactured home or
mobilehome household whose income is below the federal poverty level,
as defined in Section 127400.