Assembly Bill No. 619–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

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AN ACT relating to manufactured home parks; authorizing the landlord of a manufactured home park to require written consent before a personmoves a manufactured home or recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park; providing certain statutory exceptions for corporate cooperative parks; requiring the landlord of a manufactured home park to post periodically a report on the quality of water supplied to the manufactured home park; requiring the attendance of the administrator of the manufactured housing division of the department of business and industry or his representative at certain meetings between a landlord and tenant; authorizing the landlord of a manufactured home park to impose certain requirements relating to the occupancy of manufactured homes; providing that certain prohibitions relating to increases in rent for manufactured homes and manufactured home lots apply to long-term leases; reducing certain periods of notice required before a landlord may bring an action for an unlawful detainer or terminate a written agreement; requiring the manufactured housing division of the department of business and industry to create a limited license authorizing the landlord or manager of a manufactured home park to resell a manufactured home under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

   Section 1.  Chapter 118B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

 the provisions set forth as sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act.

   Sec. 2.  “Corporate cooperative park” means a manufactured home

 park owned by a nonprofit cooperative corporation formed pursuant to

 chapter 81 of NRS that is wholly owned or controlled by the tenants of

 the park.

   Sec. 3. 1.  The landlord of a manufactured home park may require

 that a person submit a written application to and receive written consent

 from the landlord before the person moves or causes to be moved a

 manufactured home or recreational vehicle into the manufactured home

 park. The landlord shall not unreasonably withhold his consent.

   2.  If the landlord of a manufactured home park requires written

 consent pursuant to subsection 1, the landlord shall post and maintain a

 sign that is clearly readable at the entrance to the manufactured home

 park which advises the reader of the consent that is required before a

 person may move or cause to be moved a manufactured home or

 recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park.

   3.  If a person moves or causes to be moved a manufactured home or

 recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park without the

 written consent of the landlord, if the landlord requires such consent

 pursuant to subsection 1, the landlord of that manufactured home park

 may:

   (a) After providing at least 5 days’ written notice to the person, bring

 an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner prescribed in chapter

 40 of NRS; or

   (b) Require the person to sign a rental agreement. If the person

 refuses to sign the rental agreement within 5 days after such a request,

 the landlord may, after providing at least 5 days’ written notice to the


person, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner provided

in chapter 40 of NRS.

   4.  For the purposes of NRS 40.251, a person who moves or causes to

 be moved a manufactured home or recreational vehicle into a

 manufactured home park without the written consent of the landlord, if

 the landlord requires such consent pursuant to subsection 1, shall be

 deemed a tenant at will and a lessee of the manufactured home park.

   5.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 4.  1.  The landlord of a manufactured home park shall post in

 a conspicuous and readily accessible place in the community or

 recreational facility in the manufactured home park, at or near the

 entrance of the manufactured home park or other common area in the

 manufactured home park, a current report on the quality of the water

 that is supplied to the manufactured home park.

   2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the report must be

 obtained from the community water system that is the supplier of water

 to the manufactured home park. Except as otherwise provided in

 subsection 4, the landlord shall post the report at least once each year

 and at such other times as the community water system may provide an

 updated report to the landlord.

   3.  If a manufactured home park is not a community water system

 and does not otherwise obtain water from a community water system, the

 landlord of the manufactured home park shall annually cause the water

 that is provided to the tenants of the manufactured home park to be

 tested in accordance with the standards adopted pursuant to NRS

 445A.855. The test must be performed by a laboratory certified by the

 health division of the department of human resources pursuant to

NRS 445A.863.

   4.  Upon receipt of the results of a test performed pursuant to

 subsection 3, the landlord shall prepare or cause to be prepared a report

 on the quality of the water that is supplied to the tenants of the

 manufactured home park. The report must be accurately based upon the

 results of the test and prepared in accordance with the standards

 adopted by the state board of health pursuant to NRS 445A.855 for

 similar reports by community water systems. The landlord shall post a

 copy of the most current report in accordance with subsection 1 and

 shall deliver a copy of each such report to the health division of the

 department of human resources or the health authority as that term is

 defined in

NRS 445A.820.

   5.  As used in this section, “community water system” has the

 meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.808.

   Sec. 5.  NRS 118B.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

 requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 118B.011 to 118B.0195,

 inclusive, and section 2 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in

 those sections.

   Sec. 6.  NRS 118B.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.060  1.  Any payment, deposit, fee or other charge which is

 required by the landlord in addition to periodic rent, utility charges or


service fees and is collected as prepaid rent or a sum to compensate for any

tenant default is a “deposit” governed by the provisions of this section.

   2.  The landlord shall maintain a separate record of the deposits.

   3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4:

   (a) All deposits are refundable, and upon termination of the tenancy, or

 if the deposit is collected as a sum to compensate for a tenant default, not

 more than 5 years after the landlord receives the deposit, the landlord may

 claim from a deposit only such amounts as are reasonably necessary to

 remedy tenant defaults in the payment of rent, utility charges or service

 fees and to repair damage to the park caused by the tenant. The landlord

 shall provide the tenant with an itemized written accounting of the

 disposition of the deposit.

   (b) Any refund must be sent to the tenant within 21 days after the

 tenancy is terminated.

   4.  Each deposit collected as a sum to compensate for a tenant default

 must be refunded to the tenant not more than 5 years after the landlord

 receives the deposit or upon the termination of the tenancy, whichever is

 earlier. The refund must include interest at the rate of 5 percent per year,

 compounded annually, for the entire period during which the deposit was

 held by the landlord.

   5.  Upon termination of the landlord’s interest in the manufactured

 home park, the landlord shall transfer to his successor in interest that

 portion of the deposit remaining after making any deductions allowed

 pursuant to this section or refund that portion to the tenant.

   6.  If the former landlord fails to transfer that portion of the deposit

 remaining to the successor in interest or refund it to the tenant at the time

 the successor in interest takes possession, the successor becomes jointly

 and severally liable with the former landlord for refunding to the tenant

 that portion of the deposit to which he is entitled.

   7.  If the former landlord fails to transfer or refund the deposit, the

 tenant may not be required to pay another deposit until the successor in

 interest refunds the deposit to the tenant or provides him with an itemized

 written accounting of the statutorily authorized disposition of the deposit.

   8.  The claim of the tenant to any deposit to which he is entitled by law

 takes precedence over the claim of any creditor of the landlord.

   9.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 7.  NRS 118B.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.110  1.  The landlord shall meet with a representative group of

 tenants occupying the park, chosen by the tenants, to hear any complaints

 or suggestions which concern a matter relevant to the park within 45 days

 after he receives a written request to do so which has been signed by

 persons occupying at least 25 percent of the lots in the park. The 25

 percent must be calculated on the basis of one signature per occupied lot.

 The meeting must be held at a time and place which is convenient to the

 landlord and the tenants. The representative group of tenants must consist

 of no more than five persons.

   2.  At least 10 days before any meeting is held pursuant to this section ,

 the landlord or his agent shall post a notice of the meeting in a

 conspicuous place in a common area of the park.


   3.  If the landlord is not a natural person, the landlord shall appoint a

natural person, not the manager or assistant manager, who possesses a

 financial interest in the manufactured home park to meet with the tenants.

   4.  If an attorney for the landlord attends a meeting held pursuant to this

 section, the landlord shall not prohibit the group of tenants from being

 represented by an attorney at that meeting.

   5.  If the landlord of a manufactured home park is a cooperative

 association or a corporation for public benefit, the landlord shall

 provide a notice of the meeting to the administrator and the

 administrator or his representative shall attend the meeting.

   6.  As used in this section:

   (a) “Cooperative association” means an association formed pursuant

 to the provisions of NRS 81.170 to 81.270, inclusive.

   (b) “Corporation for public benefit” has the meaning ascribed to it in

 NRS 82.021.

   Sec. 8.  NRS 118B.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.120  1.  The landlord or his agent or employee may:

   (a) Require that the tenant landscape and maintain the tenant’s lot if the

 landlord advises the tenant in writing of reasonable requirements for the

 landscaping.

   (b) If the tenant does not comply with the provisions of paragraph (a),

 maintain the tenant’s lot and charge the tenant a service fee for the actual

 cost of that maintenance.

   (c) Require that the manufactured home be removed from the park if it

 is unoccupied for more than 90 consecutive days and the tenant or dealer

 is not making good faith and diligent efforts to sell it.

   2.  The landlord shall maintain, in the manner required for the other

 tenants, any lot on which is located a manufactured home within the park

 which has been repossessed, abandoned or held for rent or taxes. The

 landlord is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of that maintenance from

 the repossessor or lien holder or from the proceeds of any sale for taxes, as

 the case may be.

   3.  The landlord shall trim all the trees located within the park and

 dispose of the trimmings from those trees, absent a voluntary assumption

 of that duty by the tenant for trees on the tenant’s lot.

   4.  For the purposes of this section, a manufactured home shall be

 deemed to be abandoned if:

   (a) It is located on a lot in a manufactured home park , other than a

 corporate cooperative park, for which no rent has been paid for at least 60

 days;

   (b) It is unoccupied; and

   (c) The manager of the manufactured home park reasonably believes it

 to be abandoned.

   Sec. 9.  NRS 118B.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.140  [The]

   1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

 agent or employee shall not:

   [1.] (a) Require a person to purchase a manufactured home from him or

 any other person as a condition to renting a manufactured home lot to the

 purchaser or give an adjustment of rent or fees, or provide any other


incentive to induce the purchase of a manufactured home from him or any

other person.

   [2.] (b) Charge or receive:

   [(a)] (1) Any entrance or exit fee for assuming or leaving occupancy of

 a manufactured home lot.

   [(b)] (2) Any transfer or selling fee or commission as a condition to

 permitting a tenant to sell his manufactured home or recreational vehicle

 within the manufactured home park even if the manufactured home or

 recreational vehicle is to remain within the park, unless the landlord is

 licensed as a dealer of manufactured homes pursuant to NRS 489.311 and

 has acted as the tenant’s agent in the sale pursuant to a written contract.

   [(c)] (3) Any fee for the tenant’s spouse or children.

   [(d)] (4) Any fee for pets kept by a tenant in the park. If special

 facilities or services are provided, the landlord may also charge a fee

 reasonably related to the cost of maintenance of the facility or service and

 the number of pets kept in the facility.

   [(e)] (5) Any additional service fee unless the landlord provides an

 additional service which is needed to protect the health and welfare of the

 tenants, and written notice advising each tenant of the additional fee is sent

 to the tenant 90 days in advance of the first payment to be made, and

 written notice of the additional fee is given to prospective tenants on or

 before commencement of their tenancy. A tenant may only be required to

 pay the additional service fee for the duration of the additional service.

   [(f)] (6) Any fee for a late monthly rental payment within 4 days after

 the date the rental payment is due or which exceeds $5 for each day,

 excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, for which the payment is

 overdue, beginning on the day after the payment was due. Any fee for late

 payment of charges for utilities must be in accordance with the

 requirements prescribed by the public utilities commission of Nevada.

   [(g)] (7) Any fee, surcharge or rent increase to recover from his tenants

 the costs resulting from converting from a master-metered water system to

 individual water meters for each manufactured home lot.

   [(h)] (8) Any fee, surcharge or rent increase to recover from his tenants

 any amount that exceeds the amount of the cost for a governmentally

 mandated service or tax that was paid by the landlord.

   2.  Except for the provisions of subparagraphs (3), (4), (6) and (8) of

 paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the provisions of this section do not apply

 to a corporate cooperative park.

   Sec. 10.  NRS 118B.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.150  [The]

   1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

 agent or employee shall not:

   [1.] (a) Increase rent or additional charges unless:

   [(a)] (1) The rent charged after the increase is the same rent charged for

 manufactured homes of the same size or lots of the same size or of a

 similar location within the park, including, without limitation,

 manufactured homes and lots which are held pursuant to a long-term

 lease, except that a discount may be selectively given to persons who:

     [(1)] (I) Are handicapped;

     [(2)] (II) Are 55 years of age or older;


     [(3)] (III) Are long-term tenants of the park if the landlord has

specified in the rental agreement or lease the period of tenancy required to

 qualify for such a discount;

     [(4)] (IV) Pay their rent in a timely manner; or

     [(5)] (V) Pay their rent by check, money order or electronic means;

   [(b)] (2) Any increase in additional charges for special services is the

 same amount for each tenant using the special service; and

   [(c)] (3) Written notice advising a tenant of the increase is received by

 the tenant 90 days before the first payment to be increased and written

 notice of the increase is given to prospective tenants before

 commencement of their tenancy. In addition to the notice provided to a

 tenant pursuant to this [paragraph,] subparagraph, if the landlord or his

 agent or employee knows or reasonably should know that the tenant

 receives assistance from the fund created pursuant to NRS 118B.215, the

 landlord or his agent or employee shall provide to the administrator

 written notice of the increase 90 days before the first payment to be

 increased.

   [2.] (b) Require a tenant to pay for an improvement to the common area

 of a manufactured home park unless the landlord is required to make the

 improvement pursuant to an ordinance of a local government.

   [3.] (c) Require a tenant to pay for a capital improvement to the

 manufactured home park unless the tenant has notice of the requirement at

 the time he enters into the rental agreement. A tenant may not be required

 to pay for a capital improvement after the tenant enters into the rental

 agreement unless the tenant consents to it in writing or is given 60 days’

 notice of the requirement in writing. The landlord may not establish such a

 requirement unless a meeting of the tenants is held to discuss the proposal

 and the landlord provides each tenant with notice of the proposal and the

 date, time and place of the meeting not less than 60 days before the

 meeting. The notice must include a copy of the proposal. A notice in a

 periodic publication of the park does not constitute notice for the purposes

 of this [subsection.

   4.] paragraph.

   (d) Require a tenant to pay his rent by check or money order.

   [5.] (e) Require a tenant who pays his rent in cash to apply any change

 to which he is entitled to the next periodic payment that is due. The

 landlord or his agent or employee shall have an adequate amount of

 money available to provide change to such a tenant.

   [6.] (f) Prohibit or require fees or deposits for any meetings held in the

 park’s community or recreational facility by the tenants or occupants of

 any manufactured home or recreational vehicle in the park to discuss the

 park’s affairs, or any political or social meeting sponsored by a tenant, if

 the meetings are held at reasonable hours and when the facility is not

 otherwise in use, or prohibit the distribution of notices of those meetings.

   [7.] (g) Interrupt, with the intent to terminate occupancy, any utility

 service furnished the tenant except for nonpayment of utility charges when

 due. Any landlord who violates this [subsection] paragraph is liable to the

 tenant for actual damages.

   [8.] (h) Prohibit a tenant from having guests, but he may require the

 tenant to register the guest within 48 hours after his arrival, Sundays and


legal holidays excluded, and if the park is a secured park, a guest may be

required to register upon entering and leaving.

   [9.] (i) Charge a fee for a guest who does not stay with the tenant for

 more than a total of 60 days in a calendar year. The tenant of a

 manufactured home lot who is living alone may allow one other person to

 live in his home without paying an additional charge or fee, unless such a

 living arrangement constitutes a violation of chapter 315 of NRS. No

 agreement between a tenant and his guest alters or varies the terms of the

 rental contract between the tenant and the landlord, and the guest is subject

 to the rules and regulations of the landlord.

   [10.] (j) Prohibit a tenant from erecting a fence along the perimeter of

 the tenant’s lot if the fence complies with any standards for fences

 established by the landlord, including limitations established for the height

 of fences, the materials used for fences and the manner in which fences are

 to be constructed.

   [11.] (k) Prohibit any tenant from soliciting membership in any

 association which is formed by the tenants who live in the park. As used in

 this [subsection,] paragraph, “solicit” means to make an oral or written

 request for membership or the payment of dues or to distribute, circulate

 or post a notice for payment of those dues.

   [12.] (l) Prohibit a public officer , [or] candidate for public office or the

 representative of a public officer or candidate for public office from

 walking through the park to talk with the tenants [.] or distribute political

 material.

   [13.] (m) If a tenant has voluntarily assumed responsibility to trim the

 trees on his lot, require the tenant to trim any particular tree located on the

 lot or dispose of the trimmings unless a danger or hazard exists.

   2.  The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (j) and (m) of subsection

 1 do not apply to a corporate cooperative park.

   3.  As used in this section, “long-term lease” means a rental

 agreement or lease the duration of which exceeds 12 months.

   Sec. 11.  NRS 118B.153 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.153  [The]

   1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the amount of rent

 charged a tenant for a service, utility or amenity upon moving into the

 manufactured home park must be reduced proportionately when the

 service, utility or amenity is decreased or eliminated by the landlord. The

 landlord may not increase the rent to recover the lost revenue.

   2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 12.  NRS 118B.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.160  [The]

   1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

 agent or employee shall not:

   [1.] (a) Deny any tenant the right to sell his manufactured home or

 recreational vehicle within the park or require the tenant to remove the

 manufactured home or recreational vehicle from the park solely on the

 basis of the sale, except as otherwise provided in NRS 118B.170.

   [2.] (b) Prohibit any tenant desiring to sell his manufactured home or

 recreational vehicle within the park from advertising the location of the


home or vehicle and the name of the manufactured home park or prohibit

the tenant from displaying at least one sign of reasonable size advertising

 the sale of the home or vehicle.

   [3.] (c) Require that he be an agent of an owner of a manufactured

 home or recreational vehicle who desires to sell the home or vehicle.

   [4.] (d) Unless subleasing of lots is prohibited by a rental agreement or

 lease, prohibit a tenant from subleasing his manufactured home lot if the

 prospective subtenant meets the general requirements for tenancy in the

 park.

   [5.] (e) Require a tenant to make any additions to his manufactured

 home unless those additions are required by an ordinance of a local

 government.

   [6.] (f) Purchase a manufactured home within the park if he has denied:

   [(a)] (1) A tenant the right to sell that manufactured home; or

   [(b)] (2) A prospective buyer the right to purchase that manufactured

 home.

   2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 13.  NRS 118B.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.170  1.  The landlord may require approval of a prospective

 buyer and tenant before the sale of a tenant’s manufactured home or

 recreational vehicle, if the manufactured home or vehicle will remain in

 the park. The landlord shall consider the record, if any, of the prospective

 buyer and tenant concerning the payment of rent. The landlord shall not

 unreasonably withhold his consent.

   2.  If a tenant sells his manufactured home or recreational vehicle, the

 landlord may require that the manufactured home or recreational vehicle

 be removed from the park if it is deemed by the park’s written rules or

 regulations in the possession of the tenants to be in a run-down condition

 or in disrepair or does not meet the safety standards set forth in NRS

 461A.120. If the manufactured home must be inspected to determine

 compliance with the standards, the person requesting the inspection shall

 pay for it.

   3.  If the landlord requires the approval of a prospective buyer and

 tenant, he shall post and maintain a sign which is clearly readable at the

 entrance to the park which advises the reader that before a manufactured

 home in the park is sold, the prospective buyer must be approved by the

 landlord.

   4.  If the landlord requires the approval of a prospective buyer and

 tenant of a manufactured home or recreational vehicle and the

 manufactured home or recreational vehicle is sold without the approval of

 the landlord, the landlord may:

   (a) After providing at least [10] 5 days’ written notice to the buyer and

 tenant, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner prescribed in

 chapter 40 of NRS; or

   (b) Require the buyer and tenant to sign a rental agreement. If the buyer

 and tenant refuse to sign the rental agreement within 5 days after such a

 request, the landlord may, after providing at least [10] 5 days’ written

 notice to the buyer and tenant, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in

 the manner provided in chapter 40 of NRS.


   5.  For the purposes of NRS 40.251, a person who:

   (a) Purchases a manufactured home or recreational vehicle from a

 tenant of a manufactured home park which will remain in the park;

   (b) Was required to be approved by the landlord of the manufactured

 home park before the sale of the manufactured home or recreational

 vehicle; and

   (c) Was not approved by the landlord before he purchased that

 manufactured home or recreational vehicle,

 

 
shall be deemed a tenant at will and a lessee of the manufactured home

 park.

   6.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 14. NRS 118B.173 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.173  1.  Any landlord who lists a manufactured home park or

 any part of a manufactured home park for sale with a licensed real estate

 broker shall, not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days before listing the

 park for sale, mail written notice of that listing to any association of

 tenants of the park that requested the notice. A landlord is not required to

 provide notice of a listing for sale that is not initiated by the owner of the

 park or his authorized agent.

   2.  To receive the notice required by subsection 1, an association of

 tenants of a manufactured home park shall:

   (a) Submit to the landlord a written request for that notice;

   (b) Furnish the landlord with a written list of the names and addresses

 of three members of the association; and

   (c) Give written notice to the landlord that the tenants of the park are

 interested in buying the park and renew that notice at least once each year

 after the initial notice.

   3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 15.  NRS 118B.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.180  1.  A landlord may convert an existing manufactured home

 park into individual manufactured home lots for sale to manufactured

 home owners if the change is approved by the appropriate local zoning

 board, planning commission or governing body, and:

   (a) The landlord gives notice in writing to each tenant within 5 days

 after he files his application for the change in land use with the local

 zoning board, planning commission or governing body;

   (b) The landlord offers to sell the lot to the tenant at the same price the

 lot will be offered to the public and holds that offer open for at least 75

 days before he offers the lot for sale to the public;

   (c) The landlord does not sell an occupied lot for more than a vacant lot

 of similar location, size and shape;

   (d) The landlord pays:

     (1) The cost of moving the tenant’s manufactured home and its

 appurtenances to a comparable location within 50 miles from the

 manufactured home park; or

     (2) If the new location is more than 50 miles from the manufactured

 home park, the cost of moving the manufactured home for the first 50

 miles,


including fees for inspection, any deposits for connecting utilities and the

cost of taking down, moving, setting up and leveling his manufactured

 home and its appurtenances in the new lot or park; and

   (e) After the landlord is granted final approval of the change by the

 appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

 notice in writing is served on each tenant in the manner provided in NRS

 40.280, giving the tenant at least 180 days after the date of the notice [,]

 before he is required to move his manufactured home from the lot.

   2.  Upon the sale of a manufactured home lot and a manufactured home

 which is situated on that lot, the landlord shall indicate what portion of the

 purchase price is for the manufactured home lot and what portion is for the

 manufactured home.

   3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 16.  NRS 118B.183 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   118B.183  1.  A landlord may convert an existing manufactured home

 park to any other use of the land if the change is approved by the

 appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

 and:

   (a) The landlord gives notice in writing to each tenant within 5 days

 after he files his application for the change in land use with the local

 zoning board, planning commission or governing body;

   (b) The landlord pays:

     (1) The cost of moving the tenant’s manufactured home and its

 appurtenances to a new location within 50 miles from the manufactured

 home park; or

     (2) If the new location is more than 50 miles from the manufactured

 home park, the cost of moving the manufactured home for the first

50 miles,

including fees for inspection, any deposits for connecting utilities and the

 cost of taking down, moving, setting up and leveling his manufactured

 home and its appurtenances in the new lot or park; and

   (c) After the landlord is granted final approval of the change by the

 appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

 written notice is served on each tenant in the manner provided in NRS

 40.280, giving the tenant at least 180 days after the date of the notice

 before he is required to move his manufactured home from the lot.

   2.  A landlord shall not increase the rent of any tenant for 180 days

 before applying for a change in land use, permit or variance affecting the

 manufactured home park.

   3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

 cooperative park.

   Sec. 17.  NRS 40.251 is hereby amended to read as follows:

   40.251  A tenant of real property, a recreational vehicle or a mobile

 home for a term less than life is guilty of an unlawful detainer when

 having leased:

   1.  Real property, except as otherwise provided in this section, or a

 mobile home for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent

 reserved, he continues in possession thereof, in person or by subtenant,

 without the landlord’s consent after the expiration of a notice of:


   (a) For tenancies from week to week, at least 7 days;

   (b) For all other periodic tenancies, at least 30 days; or

   (c) For tenancies at will, at least 5 days.

   2.  A dwelling unit subject to the provisions of chapter 118A of NRS,

 he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, without the

 landlord’s consent after expiration of:

   (a) The term of the rental agreement or its termination and, except as

 otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the expiration of a notice of at least 7

 days for tenancies from week to week and 30 days for all other periodic

 tenancies; or

   (b) A notice of at least 5 days where the tenant has failed to perform his

 basic or contractual obligations under chapter 118A of NRS.

   3.  A mobile home lot subject to the provisions of chapter 118B of

 NRS, or a lot for a recreational vehicle in an area of a mobile home park

 other than an area designated as a recreational vehicle lot pursuant to the

 provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 40.215, he continues in possession, in

 person or by subtenant, without the landlord’s consent, after notice has

 been given pursuant to NRS 118B.170 or 118B.190 or section 3 of this

 act and the period of the notice has expired.

   4.  A recreational vehicle lot, he continues in possession, in person or

 by subtenant, without the landlord’s consent, after the expiration of a

 notice of at least 5 days.

   Sec. 18.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

 new section to read as follows:

   1.  The division shall adopt regulations for the issuance of limited

 resale licenses authorizing a landlord or manager to sell a used mobile

 home. Regulations adopted pursuant to this section must specify the

 requirements for licensure, including, without limitation, any

 educational requirements.

   2.  A person who is licensed pursuant to the regulations described in

 subsection 1 may sell a used mobile home if:

   (a) The mobile home is located in a mobile home park that the

 landlord or manager owns, leases or manages; and

   (b) The landlord or manager purchased the mobile home at a sale to

 enforce a lien pursuant to NRS 108.270 to 108.360, inclusive.

   3.  As used in this section:

   (a) “Landlord” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.014.

   (b) “Manager” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145.

   (c) “Mobile home park” has the meaning ascribed to “manufactured

 home park” in NRS 118B.017.

   Sec. 19. 1.  This section and sections 1 to 5, inclusive, 17 and 18 of

 this act become effective on October 1, 2001.

   2.  Sections 6 to 16, inclusive, of this act become effective at

12:01 a.m. on October 1, 2001.

 

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