BILL ANALYSIS
SB 951
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 951 (Correa)
As Amended July 1, 2010
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE : 24-8
HOUSING 9-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Torres, Arambula, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Conway, |
| |Bradford, Eng, Gilmore, | |Bradford, Huffman, Coto, |
| |Knight, Saldana, | |Davis, De Leon, Gatto, |
| |Torlakson, Tran | |Hall, Harkey, Miller, |
| | | |Nielsen, Norby, Skinner, |
| | | |Solorio, Torlakson, |
| | | |Torrico |
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SUMMARY : Extends the sunset on the Mobilehome Park Maintenance
(MPM) inspection program and its related fees until January 1,
2019, and makes minor changes to related reporting requirements.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Extends the sunset on the MPM inspection program and its
related fees until January 1, 2019.
2)Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) to include in its biennial reports to the MPM task force
the number of violations issued to mobilehome owners and park
owners that have been corrected, the number that remain
uncorrected, and progress in correcting the uncorrected
violations, and recommendations for statutory or
administrative changes to the MPM program.
3)Requires that HCD's semiannual reports to the MPM task force
be in writing.
FISCAL EFFECT : HCD currently collects $1,053,652 in MPM fees
and licenses 263,413 mobilehome lots in 3,596 mobilehome parks.
The licensing revenue fully covers the cost of the program.
COMMENTS : The MPM inspection program provides complete,
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scheduled inspections of mobilehome parks, as contrasted with
the complaint-driven inspections that otherwise occur. The
program was created because of concerns that the complaint
inspection process by itself does not adequately address
deteriorating health and safety conditions in some parks. The
program has a goal of inspecting five percent of parks in the
state each year and is funded by a $4 per space fee, half of
which can be passed on to the mobilehome owner who rents the
space. As a result of the MPM program, HCD and local
enforcement agencies since 1991 have cited both park owners and
homeowners for tens of thousands of health and safety
violations. Without the MPM program, many of these likely would
not have been addressed. SB 951 would extend the sunset on the
MPM program and its associated fees through January 1, 2019, and
make minor changes to the information HCD must provide on a
biennial basis to the MPM Task Force.
Analysis Prepared by : Anya Lawler / H. & C.D. / (916)
319-2085
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