SB 586

Abolishes "Office of Manufactured Dwelling Park Community Relations." Renames "Mobile Home Parks Account" to "Manufactured and Marina Communities Account." Requires facilities to establish mediation policy for certain disputes.

Status	Chapter Number Assigned
Session	2019 Regular Session
Requested by	(at the request of John VanLandingham)
Sponsors	Floyd Prozanski (Democrat) (Chief), Alissa Keny-Guyer (Democrat), Julie Fahey (Democrat)
Fiscal impact	Budget report issued
Revenue impact	Has minimal revenue impact

Bill Text

Abolishes the Office of Manufactured Dwelling Park Community Relations, extends protections to marina and floating home tenants, and establishes dispute resolution mechanisms for manufactured and marina communities.

Original Bill Text

Sponsors#

Chief Sponsors: Floyd Prozanski

Overview#

Abolishes “Office of Manufactured Dwelling Park Community Relations.” Renames “Mobile Home Parks Account” to “Manufactured and Marina Communities Account.” Requires facilities to establish mediation policy for certain disputes. Authorizes grants from Housing and Community Services Department for legal needs of low-income facility tenants. Establishes Manufactured and Marina Communities Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee. Sunsets grants and committee on January 2, 2024. Extends department’s existing duties to manufactured dwellings and manufactured dwelling parks to include marinas and floating home tenants. Requires floating home owners in marina to pay fees to Manufactured and Marina Communities Account. Requires marina owners to pay fees to account and complete educational requirements. Delays operative date. Applies provisions for sale of manufactured dwelling park to marina. Allows tenants of marinas to enter into storage agreements with landlords for 12 months following lease termination. Requires manufactured dwelling park landlord, before maintaining trees, to provide tenant reasonable notice and opportunity to maintain trees. Authorizes marina landlord to require tenant to move floating home at landlord’s cost. Requires marina landlords to extend for-cause termination notice for 10 months to allow tenant to repair home’s float. Authorizes marina landlords to amend rental agreement to charge allowable fees. Amends process for facility landlords to terminate tenancy for cause. Amends requirements for siting, billing and notice before converting facility to submeter or pro rata billing. Amends other facility billing and conversion processes.

Legislative History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-14	S	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2019-01-17	S	Referred to Housing.
2019-03-04	S	Public Hearing held.
2019-04-08	S	Public Hearing and Work Session held.
2019-04-12	S	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
2019-04-15	S	Second reading.
2019-04-16	S	Carried over to 04-17 by unanimous consent.
2019-04-17	S	Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed.
2019-04-18	H	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2019-04-22	H	Referred to Human Services and Housing.
2019-04-29	H	Public Hearing held.
2019-05-22	H	Work Session held.
2019-05-30	H	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
2019-05-30	H	Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
2019-06-03	H	Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development.
2019-06-10	H	Work Session held.
2019-06-10	H	Returned to Full Committee.
2019-06-14	H	Work Session held.
2019-06-19	H	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed C-Engrossed.
2019-06-20	H	Second reading.
2019-06-24	H	Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed.
2019-06-29	S	Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
2019-07-03	S	President signed.
2019-07-03	H	Speaker signed.
2019-07-23	S	Governor signed.
2019-08-08	S	Chapter 625, 2019 Laws.
2019-08-08	S	Effective date, January 1, 2020.