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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
long-term RVs; cooling; prohibition
Purpose
An emergency measure that allows a tenant of a recreational vehicle (RV) to install reasonably necessary commercial cooling methods on the tenant's RV.
Background
The RV Long-Term Rental Space Act (Act) regulates and determines rights, obligations and remedies for an RV space that is rented in an RV park or mobile home park by the same tenant under a rental agreement for more than 180 consecutive days. For a park model or park trailer that is located in an RV park or mobile home park, the Act applies if the space is rented by the same tenant for more than 180 consecutive days without regard to whether a rental agreement is executed and does not apply to mobile homes, manufactured homes and factory-built buildings or to a property with one or two RV rental spaces. An RV is a vehicular type unit that includes a portable camping trailer, a motor home, a park trailer, a travel trailer or a portable truck camper (A.R.S. §§ 33-2101 and 33-2102).
The Act
prohibits a landlord from: 1) denying rental unless the prospective resident
cannot conform to park rules; 2) charging an exit fee to a tenant whose rental
agreement has expired;
3) requiring a person, as a precondition to renting, leasing or otherwise
occupying an RV space in an RV or mobile home park to pay an entrance or exit
fee, unless the fee is for services that are actually rendered or pursuant to a
written agreement; 4) denying any resident of an RV park the right to sell the
RV at a price of the resident's own choosing during the term of the tenant's
rental; 5) requiring an existing tenant to furnish permanent improvements that
cannot be removed without damage to the improvements or to the RV space by a
tenant at the expiration of the rental agreement; 6) prohibiting a tenant from
advertising the sale or exchange of the tenant's RV ;
7) requiring a tenant or prospective tenant to use any specific sales agency,
manufacturer, retailer or broker; or 8) requiring a tenant to place any
additional person's name on the title to the RV as a condition of tenancy or
residency for that additional person or pay a fee or other form of penalty for
failing to place an additional person's name on the title to the RV (A.R.S.
§ 33-2132).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Precludes an RV park landlord from prohibiting a tenant from installing reasonably necessary commercial cooling methods on the tenant's RV.
2. Becomes effective on signature of the Governor, if the emergency clause in enacted.
House Action
COM 1/28/25 DPA 9-1-0-0
3rd Read 2/27/25 55-1-4
Prepared by Senate Research
March 23, 2025
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