Bill Text: AZ HB2258 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Mobile home parks; landscape maintenance
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - House Committee of the Whole action: Retained on the Calendar [HB2258 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-HB2258-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: mobile home parks; landscape maintenance |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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HB 2258 |
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Introduced by Representatives Forese: Dial, Shope
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AN ACT
amending section 33-1434, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona mobile home parks residential landlord and tenant act.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 33-1434, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
33-1434. Landlord to maintain fit premises; landscaping
A. The landlord shall:
1. Comply with the requirements of all applicable city, county and state codes materially affecting health and safety.
2. Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition.
3. Keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition.
4. Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all swimming pool, shower, bathhouse, electrical, plumbing and sanitary facilities, including the recreational hall or meeting facilities supplied or required to be supplied or maintained by him.
5. Provide for removal of garbage, rubbish, and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the mobile home space.
6. Furnish outlets for electric, water and sewer services. The landlord shall also furnish a prospective tenant with information concerning the type, size and power rating of all electrical, water and sewer connections.
7. Provide a statement of proposed interruption of utility service to the tenants within a reasonable time frame except in the case of an interruption caused by an emergency. An emergency does not include any failure or refusal on the part of the landlord to fulfill his duties and obligations as specified in this section. A statement of proposed interruption of utility service may be provided by posting an announcement of the period of the interruption in a conspicuous place within the mobile home park or by individual delivery to each tenant.
B. A mobile home park landlord shall not impose any conditions of rental or occupancy which restrict the mobile home owner in his choice of a seller of fuel, furnishings, goods, services or mobile homes connected with the rental or occupancy of a mobile home space unless such condition is necessary to protect the health, safety, aesthetic value or welfare of mobile home residents in the park. However, the landlord may impose reasonable conditions relating to central gas, oil, electricity, or water meter systems in the park.
C. Unless specifically provided in a written lease agreement that is executed before January 1, 2013, the landlord's responsibility to maintain fit premises shall include the maintenance of all landscaping that is located on the premises and the maintenance of all landscaping that is located on the mobile home space if that landscaping was in place on the mobile home space before the tenant took possession. This subsection does not apply to any landscaping features that are added to a mobile home space by the tenant.
D. For lease agreements that are executed after December 31, 2012:
1. Any lease agreement shall specifically disclose in writing any requirements that the tenant maintain existing landscaping that is located on the mobile home space and shall specifically describe the items that are required to be maintained.
2. Notice of any change regarding the tenant's obligation to maintain landscaping that is located on the mobile home space shall be provided to the tenant and will be effective with thirty days' written notice to the tenant if the change in the tenant's obligations prescribed in this paragraph is not a substantial modification of the lease agreement.
