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).

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

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

2-1 located. [To] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, to be eligible

2-2 for assistance from the fund a person must:

2-3 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, have been a tenant

2-4 in the same mobile home park in this state for at least 1 year immediately

2-5 preceding his application for assistance;

2-6 (b) Be the registered owner of the mobile home which is subject to the

2-7 tenancy, as indicated on the certificate of ownership that is issued by the

2-8 division pursuant to NRS 489.541;

2-9 (c) Have a monthly household income , as determined by the

2-10 administrator in accordance with subsection 4, which is at or below:

2-11 (1) The federally designated level signifying poverty or $750,

2-12 whichever is greater, if the person is the sole occupant of the mobile home;

2-13 or

2-14 (2) The federally designated level signifying poverty or $1,125,

2-15 whichever is greater, if the person is not the sole occupant of the mobile

2-16 home;

2-17 (d) Be a tenant in a mobile home park that is operated for profit and

2-18 maintain continuous tenancy in that park during the duration of the

2-19 supplemental assistance; and

2-20 (e) Not have assets whose value is more than [$10,000,] $12,000,

2-21 excluding the value of [the] :

2-22 (1) The mobile home which is subject to the tenancy [, the] ;

2-23 (2) The contents of that mobile home ; and [one]

2-24 (3) One motor vehicle.

2-25 A person who has been a tenant of a mobile home park in this state for at

2-26 least 1 year, but has not been a tenant of the mobile home park in which he

2-27 resides at the time he applies for assistance for at least 1 year, is eligible for

2-28 assistance from the fund if he moved to the mobile home park in which he

2-29 resides at the time of his application because he was unable to pay the rent

2-30 at the mobile home park from which he moved or because that park was

2-31 closed.

2-32 4. In determining the monthly household income of an applicant

2-33 pursuant to subsection 3, the administrator shall exclude from the

2-34 calculation:

2-35 (a) The value of any food stamps the applicant received pursuant to

2-36 the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.,

2-37 during the year immediately preceding his application for assistance; or

2-38 (b) If the applicant is receiving coverage pursuant to Medicare Part B,

2-39 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395j et seq., the value of the cost of such coverage during

2-40 the year immediately preceding his application for assistance,

2-41 whichever is greater.

3-1 5. The administrator may waive the requirements for eligibility set

3-2 forth in subsection 3 upon the written request of an applicant if the

3-3 circumstances of the applicant have changed as a result of:

3-4 (a) Illness;

3-5 (b) Disability; or

3-6 (c) Extreme financial hardship based upon a significant reduction of

3-7 income, when considering the applicant’s current financial

3-8 circumstances.

3-9 An applicant shall include with his request for a waiver all medical and

3-10 financial documents that support his request.

3-11 6. The administrator shall adopt regulations establishing:

3-12 (a) The annual reporting requirements for persons receiving assistance

3-13 pursuant to this section. The regulations must require that each such person

3-14 provide the division with a written acknowledgment of his continued

3-15 eligibility for assistance.

3-16 (b) The maximum amount of assistance which may be distributed to a

3-17 person to supplement his monthly rent pursuant to this section.

3-18 [5.] 7. As used in this section:

3-19 (a) "Mobile home" includes a travel trailer that is located on a mobile

3-20 home lot within a mobile home park.

3-21 (b) "Monthly household income" means the combined monthly

3-22 incomes of the occupants of a mobile home which is subject to the tenancy

3-23 for which assistance from the fund is requested.

3-24 (c) "Travel trailer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.150.

3-25 Sec. 2. Chapter 244 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

3-26 new section to read as follows:

3-27 1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population

3-28 is 400,000 or more shall enact an ordinance authorizing the members of

3-29 the county law enforcement agency to patrol and provide for the public

3-30 safety within the common areas of a mobile home park that is located

3-31 within the unincorporated area of the county and into or upon which the

3-32 public is admitted by easement, license or otherwise.

3-33 2. As used in this section, "mobile home park" has the meaning

3-34 ascribed to it in NRS 118B.017.

3-35 Sec. 3. Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

3-36 new section to read as follows:

3-37 1. The governing body of each city located in a county whose

3-38 population is 400,000 or more shall enact an ordinance authorizing the

3-39 members of the law enforcement agency of the city to patrol and provide

3-40 for the public safety within the common areas of a mobile home park

3-41 that is located within the city and into or upon which the public is

3-42 admitted by easement, license or otherwise.

4-1 2. As used in this section, "mobile home park" has the meaning

4-2 ascribed to it in NRS 118B.017.