Assembly Bill No. 230–Assemblywoman Buckley

 

March 4, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions regarding mobile home parks. (BDR 40‑202)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to mobile home parks; requiring certain membership on the board of directors of parks operated by nonprofit organizations; removing the requirement that certain parks provide individual meters for the water service provided to tenants; 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. Chapter 461A of NRS is hereby amended by

1-2  adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  The board of directors of a mobile home park owned or leased

1-4  by a nonprofit organization must consist of a number of members

1-5  such that one-third of the members of the board are elected by the

1-6  residents of the park, one-third of the members of the board are

1-7  appointed by the governing body of the local government with

1-8  jurisdiction over the location of the park and one-third of the

1-9  members of the board are appointed by the nonprofit organization

1-10  owning or leasing the park.

1-11      Sec. 2.  NRS 461A.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-12      461A.230  1.  Each mobile home park constructed after July 1,

1-13  1981, but before October 1, 1989, must provide direct electrical and

1-14  gas service from a utility or an alternative seller to each lot if those

1-15  services are available.

2-1  2.  Each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1989,

2-2  must provide direct:

2-3  (a) Electrical and gas service from a public utility or an

2-4  alternative seller, or a city, county or other governmental entity

2-5  which provides electrical or gas service, to each lot if those services

2-6  are available.

2-7  (b) Water service from a public utility or a city, county or other

2-8  governmental entity which provides water service, the provisions of

2-9  NRS 704.230 notwithstanding, to the park if that service is

2-10  available.

2-11      3.  [In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, each

2-12  mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1995, must provide

2-13  direct water service, as provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 2,

2-14  that is connected to individual meters for each lot. The individual

2-15  meters must be installed in compliance with any uniform design and

2-16  construction standards adopted by the public utility or city, county

2-17  or other governmental entity which provides water service in the

2-18  county.

2-19      4.] As used in this section, “alternative seller” has the meaning

2-20  ascribed to it in NRS 704.994.

2-21      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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