2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB70 1265

Amendment No. 1265

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 70                                                                      (BDR S‑43)

Proposed by: Committee on Ways and Means

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

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     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sections 1 through 3 and adding new sections designated sections 1 through 4, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:

     “Section 1. NRS 461A.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

     461A.230  1.  Each mobile home park constructed after July 1, 1981, but before October 1, 1989, must provide direct electrical and gas service from the utility to each lot if those services are available.

     2.  Each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1989, must provide direct:

     (a) Electrical and gas service from a public utility or a city, county or other governmental entity which provides electrical or gas service, to each lot if those services are available.

     (b) Water service from a public utility or a city, county or other governmental entity which provides water service, the provisions of NRS 704.230 notwithstanding, to the park if that service is available.

     3.  [In] Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in a county whose population is 400,000 or more, each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1995, must provide direct water service, as provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 2, that is connected to individual meters for each lot. The individual meters must be installed in compliance with any uniform design and construction standards adopted by the public utility or city, county or other governmental entity which provides water service in the county. If a governmental or quasi-governmental entity develops a mobile home park to provide affordable housing, a master meter may be used in lieu of individual meters.

   Sec. 2. Section 13 of Senate Bill No. 210 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:

        Sec. 13. NRS 461A.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

        461A.230  1.  Each mobile home park constructed after July 1, 1981, but before October 1, 1989, must provide direct electrical and gas service from [the] a utility or an alternative seller to each lot if those services are available.

        2.  Each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1989, must provide direct:

        (a) Electrical and gas service from a public utility or an alternative seller, or a city, county or other governmental entity which provides electrical or gas service, to each lot if those services are available.

        (b) Water service from a public utility or a city, county or other governmental entity which provides water service, the provisions of NRS 704.230 notwithstanding, to the park if that service is available.

        3.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in a county whose population is 400,000 or more, each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1995, must provide direct water service, as provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 2, that is connected to individual meters for each lot. The individual meters must be installed in compliance with any uniform design and construction standards adopted by the public utility or city, county or other governmental entity which provides water service in the county. If a governmental or quasi-governmental entity develops a mobile home park to provide affordable housing, a master meter may be used in lieu of individual meters.

        4.  As used in this section, “alternative seller” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.994.

     Sec. 3. 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund to the Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas the sum of $1,000,000 to provide affordable housing for senior citizens. The money must be allocated for the planning, design and construction, including, without limitation, architectural and engineering fees, at the 11th Street site of 150 one- and two-bedroom units with elevators.

     2.  Upon acceptance of the money appropriated by subsection 1, the Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas agrees to:

     (a) Prepare and transmit a report to the Interim Finance Committee on or before December 15, 2002, that describes each expenditure made from the money appropriated by subsection 1 from the date on which the money was received by the Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas through December 1, 2002; and

     (b) Upon request of the Legislative Commission, make available to the Legislative Auditor any books, accounts, claims, reports, vouchers or other records of information, confidential or otherwise and irrespective of their form or location, that the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to conduct any audit of the use of the money appropriated pursuant to subsection 1.

     3.  Any remaining balance of the appropriation made by subsection 1 must not be committed for expenditure after June 30, 2005, and reverts to the state general fund as soon as all payments of money committed have been made.

     Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to affordable housing; providing an exception under certain circumstances to the requirement that certain mobile home parks must provide direct water service that is connected to individual meters for each lot; making an appropriation to the Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas for certain construction projects that will provide affordable housing for senior citizens; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY¾Makes various changes with respect to affordable housing. (BDR 40‑43)”.