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

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

2-1 monthly rent for the mobile home lot on which their mobile home is

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

2-3 for assistance from the fund a person must:

2-4 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, have been a tenant

2-5 in the same mobile home park in this state for at least 1 year immediately

2-6 preceding his application for assistance;

2-7 (b) Be the registered owner of the mobile home which is subject to the

2-8 tenancy, as indicated on the certificate of ownership that is issued by the

2-9 division pursuant to NRS 489.541;

2-10 (c) Have a monthly household income , as determined by the

2-11 administrator in accordance with subsection 4, which is at or below:

2-12 (1) The federally designated level signifying poverty or $750,

2-13 whichever is greater, if the person is the sole occupant of the mobile home;

2-14 or

2-15 (2) The federally designated level signifying poverty or $1,125,

2-16 whichever is greater, if the person is not the sole occupant of the mobile

2-17 home;

2-18 (d) Be a tenant in a mobile home park that is operated for profit and

2-19 maintain continuous tenancy in that park during the duration of the

2-20 supplemental assistance; and

2-21 (e) Not have assets whose value is more than [$10,000,] $12,000,

2-22 excluding the value of [the] :

2-23 (1) The mobile home which is subject to the tenancy [, the] ;

2-24 (2) The contents of that mobile home ; and [one]

2-25 (3) 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. In determining the monthly household income of an applicant

2-34 pursuant to subsection 3, the administrator shall exclude from the

2-35 calculation:

2-36 (a) The value of any food stamps the applicant received pursuant to

2-37 the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended, 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.,

2-38 during the year immediately preceding his application for assistance; or

2-39 (b) If the applicant is receiving coverage pursuant to Medicare Part B,

2-40 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395j et seq., the value of the cost of such coverage during

2-41 the year immediately preceding his application for assistance,

2-42 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 incomes

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

3-23 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. Members of a county law enforcement agency, or if the county is

3-28 within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department, the members

3-29 of the metropolitan police department, may patrol and provide for the

3-30 public safety:

3-31 (a) Within the common areas of a mobile home park that is located

3-32 within the unincorporated area of the county and into or upon which the

3-33 public is admitted by easement, license or otherwise; and

3-34 (b) With the permission of the manager of such a mobile home park,

3-35 within other areas of the mobile home park.

3-36 2. As used in this section:

3-37 (a) "Manager" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145; and

3-38 (b) "Mobile home park" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS

3-39 118B.017.

3-40 Sec. 3. Chapter 268 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

3-41 new section to read as follows:

3-42 1. Members of the law enforcement agency of an incorporated city,

3-43 or if the incorporated city is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan

4-1 police department, the members of the metropolitan police department,

4-2 may patrol and provide for the public safety:

4-3 (a) Within the common areas of a mobile home park that is located

4-4 within the incorporated city and into or upon which the public is

4-5 admitted by easement, license or otherwise; and

4-6 (b) With the permission of the manager of such a mobile home park,

4-7 within other areas of the mobile home park.

4-8 2. As used in this section:

4-9 (a) "Manager" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145; and

4-10 (b) "Mobile home park" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS

4-11 118B.017.