BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2120
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2120 (Silva)
As Amended April 29, 2010
Majority vote
HOUSING 9-0
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|Ayes:|Torres, Arambula, | | |
| |Bradford, Eng, Gilmore, | | |
| |Knight, Saldana, | | |
| |Torlakson, Tran | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires the management in a mobilehome park to do
one of the following prior to February 1 of each year, if a
significant change was made in the Mobilehome Residency Law
(MRL) by legislation enacted in the prior year:
1)Provide all homeowners with a copy of the MRL.
2)Provide written notice to all homeowners that there has been a
change to the MRL and that they may obtain a copy of the text
of the law from management at no charge. Management must
provide the copy within a reasonable time not to exceed 10
days upon written request.
EXISTING LAW requires:
1)A copy of the text of the MRL to be attached as an exhibit to
all rental agreements in mobilehome parks and states that the
MRL shall be incorporated into the rental agreement by
reference (Health and Safety Code Section 798.15).
2)Management to provide all homeowners with a copy of the MRL
prior to February 1 of each year, if a significant change was
made in the law by legislation enacted in the prior year
(Health and Safety Code Section 798.15).
FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS : The MRL is California's landlord-tenant law for
mobilehome parks. When a homeowner signs a rental agreement in
a mobilehome park, a copy of the text of the MRL must be
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attached as an exhibit. Anytime the MRL is significantly
changed, park management must provide a new copy of the MRL to
every homeowner by February 1 of the next year. This
requirement has been in statute since 1981. The MRL has been
changed through legislation every year since then and is
significantly longer than it was in 1981.
AB 2120 proposes to allow the management of a mobilehome park to
either provide a new copy of the MRL to all homeowners when the
law changes or notify all homeowners that the law has changed
and provide a free copy upon written request.
Analysis Prepared by : Anya Lawler / H. & C.D. / (916)
319-2085
FN: 0004108