SUMMARY--Revises provisions governing imposition of fee to finance fund for low-income owners of mobile homes. (BDR 10-1689)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to mobile home parks; exempting owners of mobile home parks that are not operated for profit from the requirement to pay the annual fee imposed to finance the fund for low-income owners of mobile homes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 NRS 118B.213 is hereby amended to read as follows:
118B.2131. In addition to the fee established pursuant to NRS 118B.185, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the owner of a mobile home park that is operated for profit shall pay to the division an annual fee of $12 for each lot within the park. The owner shall not impose a fee or surcharge to recover from his tenants the costs resulting from the annual fee per lot paid pursuant to this subsection, or any related penalty.
2. The administrator shall notify the owner of each mobile home park that is operated for profit in this state on or before July 1 of each year of the fee imposed pursuant to this section.
3. If on May 15 of that year the balance in the fund which is attributable to deposits pursuant to this section exceeds $1,000,000, the administrator shall not charge or collect a fee pursuant to this section. The administrator shall resume the collection in any year when the balance on May 15 is less than $750,000. The administrator shall request the state treasurer to inform him of the applicable balance of the fund on May 15 of each year.
4. If an owner fails to pay the fee within 30 days after receiving written notice from the administrator to do so, a penalty of 50 percent of the amount of the fee must be added.
5. All fees and penalties collected by the division pursuant to this section must be deposited in the state treasury for credit to the fund.
Sec. 2 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.