Assembly Bill No. 230–Assemblywoman Buckley

 

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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:

 

    Section 1. Chapter 461A of NRS is hereby amended by

adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

    Sec. 2.  “Corporate cooperative park” has the meaning

ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0117.

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

owned or leased by a nonprofit organization must consist of a

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

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

the members of the board are appointed by the governing body of

the local government with jurisdiction over the location of the

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

the nonprofit organization owning or leasing the park.

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

cooperative park.

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

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

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

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

ascribed to them in those sections.

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

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

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

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

services are available.

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

must provide direct:

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

alternative seller, or a city, county or other governmental entity

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

are available.

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

governmental entity which provides water service, the provisions of

NRS 704.230 notwithstanding, to the park if that service is

available.

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

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

park constructed after October 1, 1995, must provide direct water

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

connected to individual meters for each lot. The individual meters

must be installed in compliance with any uniform design and

construction standards adopted by the public utility or city, county

or other governmental entity which provides water service in the

county.

    4.  The provisions of subsection 3:

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

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

        (1) A public housing authority; or

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

“nonprofit corporation” does not include a corporate cooperative

park.

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

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

mobile home park if the expansion can be accommodated under

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

connection to the master meter for the mobile home park.

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

ascribed to it in NRS 704.994.

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

 

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