(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 15, 2003)

 

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 certain 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  1.  The board of directors of a mobile home park owned or

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

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

1-6  elected by the residents of the park, one-third of the members of

1-7  the board are appointed by the governing body of the local

1-8  government with jurisdiction over the location of the park and

1-9  one-third of the members of the board are appointed by the

1-10  nonprofit organization owning or leasing the park.

1-11      2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

1-12  cooperative park.

1-13      3.  As used in this section, “corporate cooperative park” has

1-14  the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0117.

 

 

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

2-2  461A.230  1.  Each mobile home park constructed after July 1,

2-3  1981, but before October 1, 1989, must provide direct electrical and

2-4  gas service from a utility or an alternative seller to each lot if those

2-5  services are available.

2-6  2.  Each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1989,

2-7  must provide direct:

2-8  (a) Electrical and gas service from a public utility or an

2-9  alternative seller, or a city, county or other governmental entity

2-10  which provides electrical or gas service, to each lot if those services

2-11  are available.

2-12      (b) Water service from a public utility or a city, county or other

2-13  governmental entity which provides water service, the provisions of

2-14  NRS 704.230 notwithstanding, to the park if that service is

2-15  available.

2-16      3.  [In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, each

2-17  mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1995, must provide

2-18  direct water service, as provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 2,

2-19  that is connected to individual meters for each lot. The individual

2-20  meters must be installed in compliance with any uniform design and

2-21  construction standards adopted by the public utility or city, county

2-22  or other governmental entity which provides water service in the

2-23  county.

2-24      4.] As used in this section, “alternative seller” has the meaning

2-25  ascribed to it in NRS 704.994.

2-26      Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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