BILL NUMBER: SB 23	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to add Section 18029.7 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to manufactured housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 23, as introduced, Padilla. Manufactured housing: emergency and
fire safety plan.
   (1) The Mobilehomes-Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 authorizes
the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt rules
and regulations governing conditions relating to the prevention of
fire or for the protection of life and property against fire in
manufactured homes and mobilehomes. Under existing law, a knowing
violation of the act is punishable as a misdemeanor offense.
   This bill would require, on or after January 1, 2010, an operator
of a mobilehome park or manufactured housing community to develop and
implement an emergency and fire safety plan and appropriate
emergency services training for park or community managers and onsite
staff. The bill would require the operator to distribute and post
the plan in a conspicuous area accessible to all residents. The bill
would specify that these provisions do not prohibit a city, county,
or city and county from enacting an ordinance or policy to adopt more
stringent standards to ensure fire prevention and public safety.
   By creating a new crime or expanding an existing crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2)The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 18029.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   18029.7.  (a) On or after January 1, 2010, an operator of a
mobilehome park or manufactured housing community shall develop and
implement an emergency and fire safety plan and appropriate emergency
services training for park or community managers and onsite staff.
The plan shall include procedures for identifying and assisting
residents with disabilities and other health problems.
   (b) The plan required by subdivision (a) shall be designed in
accordance with requirements determined by the State Fire Marshal and
the Office of Emergency Services.
   (c) Each operator shall post the plan in a conspicuous area
accessible to all residents and distribute a copy of the plan to each
resident upon approval of tenancy and annually thereafter.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a city, county, or city
and county from enacting an ordinance, regulation, or policy to
adopt more stringent standards to ensure fire prevention and public
safety.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.