Assembly Bill No. 195–Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Manendo, Perkins, Buckley, Koivisto, McClain, Mortenson, Bache, Williams, Price, Gibbons, Parks, Carpenter, Lee, Thomas, Leslie, Giunchigliani, Von Tobel, Anderson, Chowning and Arberry

February 10, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Makes various changes to provisions governing mobile home parks. (BDR 10-516)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to mobile home parks; revising the eligibility requirements for receiving assistance from the fund for low-income owners of mobile homes; providing authority for law enforcement agencies of certain cities and counties to patrol the common areas of mobile home parks; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 118B.215 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 118B.215 1. There is hereby created as a special revenue fund in the

1-3 state treasury the fund for low-income owners of mobile homes, to be

1-4 administered by the division. All money received for the use of the fund

1-5 pursuant to NRS 118B.213 or from any other source must be deposited in

1-6 the fund.

1-7 2. The interest and income earned on the money in the fund, after

1-8 deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the fund. All claims

1-9 against the fund must be paid as other claims against the state are paid.

1-10 3. The money in the fund may be used only to pay necessary

1-11 administrative costs and to assist eligible persons by supplementing their

1-12 monthly rent for the mobile home lot on which their mobile home is

1-13 located. To be eligible for assistance from the fund a person must:

2-1 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, have been a tenant

2-2 in the same mobile home park in this state for at least 1 year immediately

2-3 preceding his application for assistance;

2-4 (b) Be the registered owner of the mobile home which is subject to the

2-5 tenancy, as indicated on the certificate of ownership that is issued by the

2-6 division pursuant to NRS 489.541;

2-7 (c) Have a monthly household income which is at or below [:] an

2-8 amount equal to $100 more than:

2-9 (1) The federally designated level signifying poverty or [$750,] $850,

2-10 whichever is greater, if the person is the sole occupant of the mobile home;

2-11 or

2-12 (2) The federally designated level signifying poverty or [$1,125,]

2-13 $1,225, whichever is greater, if the person is not the sole occupant of the

2-14 mobile home;

2-15 (d) Be a tenant in a mobile home park that is operated for profit and

2-16 maintain continuous tenancy in that park during the duration of the

2-17 supplemental assistance; and

2-18 (e) Not have assets whose value is more than [$10,000,] $12,000,

2-19 excluding the value of [the] :

2-20 (1) The mobile home which is subject to the tenancy [, the] ;

2-21 (2) The contents of that mobile home ;

2-22 (3) Any food stamps the person was eligible to receive or has

2-23 received pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, 7 U.S.C.

§§ 2011 et seq., during the year immediately preceding his application

2-24 for assistance; and [one]

2-25 (4) One motor vehicle.

2-26 A person who has been a tenant of a mobile home park in this state for at

2-27 least 1 year, but has not been a tenant of the mobile home park in which he

2-28 resides at the time he applies for assistance for at least 1 year, is eligible for

2-29 assistance from the fund if he moved to the mobile home park in which he

2-30 resides at the time of his application because he was unable to pay the rent

2-31 at the mobile home park from which he moved or because that park was

2-32 closed.

2-33 4. The administrator shall adopt regulations establishing:

2-34 (a) The annual reporting requirements for persons receiving assistance

2-35 pursuant to this section. The regulations must require that each such person

2-36 provide the division with a written acknowledgment of his continued

2-37 eligibility for assistance.

2-38 (b) The maximum amount of assistance which may be distributed to a

2-39 person to supplement his monthly rent pursuant to this section.

3-1 5. As used in this section:

3-2 (a) "Mobile home" includes a travel trailer that is located on a mobile

3-3 home lot within a mobile home park.

3-4 (b) "Monthly household income" means the combined monthly

3-5 incomes of the occupants of a mobile home which is subject to the tenancy

3-6 for which assistance from the fund is requested.

3-7 (c) "Travel trailer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.150.

3-8 Sec. 2. Chapter 244 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

3-9 new section to read as follows:

3-10 1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population

3-11 is 400,000 or more shall enact an ordinance authorizing the members of

3-12 the county law enforcement agency to patrol and provide for the public

3-13 safety within the common areas of a mobile home park that is located

3-14 within the unincorporated area of the county and into or upon which the

3-15 public is admitted by easement, license or otherwise.

3-16 2. As used in this section, "mobile home park" has the meaning

3-17 ascribed to it in NRS 118B.017.

3-18 Sec. 3. Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

3-19 new section to read as follows:

3-20 1. The governing body of each city located in a county whose

3-21 population is 400,000 or more shall enact an ordinance authorizing the

3-22 members of the law enforcement agency of the city to patrol and provide

3-23 for the public safety within the common areas of a mobile home park

3-24 that is located within the city and into or upon which the public is

3-25 admitted by easement, license or otherwise.

3-26 2. As used in this section, "mobile home park" has the meaning

3-27 ascribed to it in NRS 118B.017.

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