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HB 2168: mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Coleman, LD 16

BILL STATUS: Senate Engrossed

Senate 3rd Read: 22-7-1

Legend: Act – RV Long-Term Rental Space Act ADOH – Arizona Department of Housing CPI – consumer price index Fund – Mobile Home Relocation Fund RV – recreational vehicle Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to the Mobile Home Relocation Fund.

Provisions

1.       Permits the owner of a mobile home, park trailer or park model who is required to move due to a change in use of a mobile home or RV park to be eligible to receive Fund monies for relocation costs to move to a new location within a 100-mile, rather than a 50-mile, radius. (Sec. 1, 6)

2.       Increases the maximum amount that a mobile home park tenant may receive from the Fund for relocation costs due to a rent increase or change in use from an age-restricted to all-community to:

a.       Up to $7,500, rather than $5,000, from the Fund for single-section mobile homes; or

b.       Up to $12,500, rather than $10,000 from the Fund for multi-section mobile homes. (Sec. 2, 3)

3.       Increases the amount of the surety bond or security deposit that a landlord may require for the restoration of a mobile home space by an unlicensed entity from $1,000 to $2,500. (Sec. 4)

4.       Specifies that the requirements of the Act apply to a park model or park trailer in an RV or mobile home park if the space is rented for more than 180 days, regardless of whether there is a written lease. (Sec. 5)

5.       Requires a written rental agreement for the requirements of the Act to apply to an RV space rented in an RV park or mobile home park by the same tenant for more than 180 days. (Sec. 5)

a.       Currently, the agreement is not required to be written (A.R.S. § 33-2101).

6.       Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1-6)

Current Law

The Fund is administered by ADOH for the purpose of providing relocation costs due to a rent increase and to pay premiums and other costs for purchasing insurance coverage for tenant relocation costs due to the change in use of a park.  If insurance is unavailable or exceeds available Fund monies, the Fund must be used to pay directly for tenant relocation costs (A.R.S. § 33-1476.02).  The Fund is comprised of insurance rebates from relocation coverage, a percentage of certain civil penalties imposed on park managers, and an assessment of 50¢ on each $100 of the taxable assessed valuation for mobile homes, park models and park trailers located on land which they do not own (A.R.S §§ 33-1437, 33-1476.03 & 33-2149).  If monies in the Fund exceed $8,000,000 in any year, collection of the assessment must stop until the Fund balance is less than $6,000,000. 

The landlord of a mobile home or RV park must notify all tenants of any change in use of the park at least 180 days before the change in use.  The owner of a mobile home, park trailer or park model who is required to move due to a change in use of the park may collect moving expenses from the Fund in order to relocate to a new location.  Additionally, the owner of a mobile home who moves due to a change in use from an age-restricted community to an all-age community or a rent increase in specified amounts may receive moving expenses from the Fund.  

Owners of mobile homes, park trailers or park models who relocate due to a change in use and owners of mobile homes who relocate due to a rent increase may choose to abandon their mobile home, park trailer or park model instead of relocating and receive ¼ of maximum payment from the Fund. 

Maximum payments from the Fund and eligible relocation distances for owners of mobile homes, park trailers and park models are as follows:

Reason for Relocation

Maximum Relocation Radius

Maximum Relocation Payments from the Fund

Change in use of a mobile home park

50 miles

$7,500 for single-section; $12,500 for multi-section

Change from an age-restricted to all-age mobile home park

100 miles

$5,000 for single section;

$10,000 for multi-section

Rent increase in a mobile home park

100 miles

$5,000 for single section;

$10,000 for multi-section

Change in use of an RV park for park trailers and park models

50 miles

$4,000

In order to receive Fund monies, owners of mobile homes, park trailers and park models must follow statutorily prescribed process for application, approval and payment (A.R.S. §§ 33-1476.01, 33-1476.04, 33-1476.05 & 33-2149).

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2168

Second Regular Session                               Version 4: Senate Engrossed

 

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