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; providing exceptions to 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 the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

1-3  Sec. 2.  “Corporate cooperative park” has the meaning

1-4  ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0117.

1-5  Sec. 3.  1.  The board of directors of a mobile home park

1-6  owned or leased by a nonprofit organization must consist of a

1-7  number of members such that one-third of the members of the

1-8  board are elected by the residents of the park, one-third of

1-9  the members of the board are appointed by the governing body of

1-10  the local government with jurisdiction over the location of the

1-11  park and one-third of the members of the board are appointed by

1-12  the nonprofit organization owning or leasing the park.

1-13      2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

1-14  cooperative park.

1-15      Sec. 4.  NRS 461A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-16      461A.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

1-17  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 461A.020 to

2-1  461A.065, inclusive, and section 2 of this act have the meanings

2-2  ascribed to them in those sections.

2-3  Sec. 5.  NRS 461A.230 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-4  461A.230  1.  Each mobile home park constructed after July 1,

2-5  1981, but before October 1, 1989, must provide direct electrical and

2-6  gas service from a utility or an alternative seller to each lot if those

2-7  services are available.

2-8  2.  Each mobile home park constructed after October 1, 1989,

2-9  must provide direct:

2-10      (a) Electrical and gas service from a public utility or an

2-11  alternative seller, or a city, county or other governmental entity

2-12  which provides electrical or gas service, to each lot if those services

2-13  are available.

2-14      (b) Water service from a public utility or a city, county or other

2-15  governmental entity which provides water service, the provisions of

2-16  NRS 704.230 notwithstanding, to the park if that service is

2-17  available.

2-18      3.  [In] Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in a

2-19  county whose population is 400,000 or more, each mobile home

2-20  park constructed after October 1, 1995, must provide direct water

2-21  service, as provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 2, that is

2-22  connected to individual meters for each lot. The individual meters

2-23  must be installed in compliance with any uniform design and

2-24  construction standards adopted by the public utility or city, county

2-25  or other governmental entity which provides water service in the

2-26  county.

2-27      4.  The provisions of subsection 3:

2-28      (a) Do not apply to a mobile home park constructed after

2-29  October 1, 1995, if the mobile home park is operated by:

2-30          (1) A public housing authority; or

2-31          (2) A nonprofit corporation. As used in this subparagraph,

2-32  “nonprofit corporation” does not include a corporate cooperative

2-33  park.

2-34      (b) Do not prohibit a mobile home park constructed on or

2-35  before October 1, 1995, from expanding the number of lots in the

2-36  mobile home park if the expansion can be accommodated under

2-37  the capacity, as it existed on October 1, 1995, of the service

2-38  connection to the master meter for the mobile home park.

2-39      5.  As used in this section, “alternative seller” has the meaning

2-40  ascribed to it in NRS 704.994.

2-41      Sec. 6.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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