Bill Text: MI HB4300 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Mobile homes: other; promulgation and enforcement of rules for mobile home parks; establish under licensing and regulatory affairs. Amends sec. 5 of 1987 PA 96 (MCL 125.2305). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4298'21, HB 4299'21, HB 4301'21, HB 4302'21, HB 4303'21, HB 4304'21
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [HB4300 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4300-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4300
February 23, 2021, Introduced by Reps.
Clements, Mueller, Sneller, Cherry, Witwer, Hertel and Kahle and referred
to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled
"The mobile home commission act,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 125.2305), as amended by 2006 PA 328.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5. (1) After
consultation with and considering comments from representatives of the
manufactured housing industry and other interested parties, the department
shall, by December 31, 2022,
promulgate the mobile home code subject to section 4. The code shall must
consist of rules governing all of the following:
(a) The licensure, density, layout, permits for construction,
construction of mobile home parks including standards for fire hydrants, roads, road
signs, utilities, open space,
spaces, or proposed community buildings and recreational facilities, and
safety measures sufficient to protect health, safety, and welfare of mobile
home park residents, except water supply, sewage collection and treatment, and
drainage facilities which that are regulated by the department of environmental quality.environment, Great Lakes, and energy.
(b) The business, sales, and service practices of mobile home
dealers, including requiring advertisements to contain
contact information, as well as placing parameters on dealer sales financing
practices and terms, claims, and conditions to the sale of a mobile home.
(c) The business practices of mobile home installers and repairers, including training and licensing requirements for individuals who
install and repair mobile homes in mobile home parks or seasonal mobile home
parks.
(d)
The licensure and regulations of mobile home installers and repairers.
(d)
(e) The setup and
installation of mobile homes inside mobile home parks or seasonal mobile home
parks.
(e)
(f) The regulation of
the responsibilities, under the mobile home warranty, of the mobile home
components manufacturer, the mobile home assembler or manufacturer, and the
mobile home dealer, including the time period and relationships of each under
the warranty, and the remedies available, if any, if the responsible parties
cease to operate as a business.
(f)
(g) Abuses relating
to all of the following:
(i) Consumer deposits,
except utility deposits from consumers who are direct customers of utilities
regulated by the Michigan public service commission.
(ii) Detailed listing of furnishings and fixtures by a
manufacturer of a new mobile home or a mobile home dealer for a used mobile
home.
(iii) Disclosure and delivery of manufacturer's warranties.
(iv) Used mobile homes. A mobile home dealer shall provide
detailed listing of its service records for used mobile homes which are being
sold by the dealer and of which the dealer has knowledge.
(g) (h) Applications
for and issuance of certificates of title for mobile homes.
(h) Inspections, including audit inspections of mobile home
parks and seasonal mobile home parks.
(i) Retailers and retailers' agents practices as well as
prohibited practices, including violations of this act and the rules
promulgated under this act, acting on an unlicensed person's behalf, allowing a
license to be used by an unlicensed person, disclosure of retailers' interest
to third parties, and disclosure of retailers' interest in transactions.
(2) As part of the code,
the department shall also promulgate rules governing the licensure, density,
layout, permits for construction, and construction of seasonal mobile home
parks, including standards for roads, utilities, open space, proposed
recreational facilities, and safety measures sufficient to protect the health,
safety, and welfare of seasonal mobile home park residents, except water supply,
sewage collection and treatment, and drainage facilities , which shall be that are regulated
by the department of environmental quality.environment, Great Lakes, and energy.
(3) The rules
promulgated for seasonal mobile home parks may impose a less stringent standard
than the rules promulgated for mobile home parks.
(4) All
administrative rules promulgated by the department or the commission under this
act and not rescinded on the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this subsection are authorized, valid, and enforceable, and must remain in
effect until December 31,
2022 or the date on which the department promulgates administrative rules
pursuant to the amendatory act that added this subsection, whichever is
earlier.
Enacting section
1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills
of the 101st Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4301
(request no. 00774'21).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4304
(request no. 00775'21).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4299
(request no. 01201'21).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4303
(request no. 01312'21).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4298
(request no. 01319'21).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4302 (request no. 01469'21).