Bill Text: MI SB1230 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Mobile homes; parks; bond for cleanup of mobile home park; require posting by owner. Amends sec. 16 of 1987 PA 96 (MCL 125.2316).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-11-08 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB1230 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB1230-Engrossed.html

SB-1230, As Passed Senate, October 17, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1230

 

 

August 15, 2012, Introduced by Senators EMMONS, KAHN, CASPERSON, GREEN and MOOLENAAR and referred to the Committee on Economic Development.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled

 

"The mobile home commission act,"

 

by amending section 16 (MCL 125.2316), as amended by 2006 PA 328.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16. (1) A person shall not operate a mobile home park or

 

seasonal mobile home park without a license.

 

     (2) Upon completion, review, and approval of certifications,

 

the department shall grant a license to operate a mobile home park

 

or seasonal mobile home park.

 

     (2) (3) A 3-year license to operate a mobile home park or

 

seasonal mobile home park shall be granted and renewed by the

 

department based upon approval of the certifications and

 

recommendations of the appropriate agencies and local governments

 

and the owner's compliance with applicable requirements of rules

 


Senate Bill No. 1230 on October 17, 2012                    (1 of 2)

 

promulgated under subsection (4). The fee for the 3-year license to

 

operate a mobile home park is $225.00, plus an additional $3.00 for

 

each home site in excess of 25 home sites in the mobile home park,

 

or any lesser amount established pursuant to section 9(5). The fee

 

for a 3-year license to operate a seasonal mobile home park is

 

$120.00, plus an additional $1.50 for each home site in excess of

 

25 home sites in the seasonal mobile home park, or any lesser

 

amount established pursuant to section 9(5).

 

     (3) (4) If a person submits a timely and complete application

 

for renewal of a license and pays the appropriate fee, the person

 

may continue to operate a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home

 

park unless notified that the application for renewal is not

 

approved.

 

     <<(4) The commission shall promulgate rules to do all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Provide standards and procedures for the commission to

 

determine whether a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park is a

 

distressed park. The standards and procedures shall provide the owner

 

with an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing and require the commission

 

to consider at least all of the following:

 

     (i) The length of time a mobile home park or seasonal mobile

HOME park has not been in substantial compliance with the rules

promulgated under sections 5 and 6.

     (ii) The failure of the owner or operator to bring a mobile home

park or seasonal mobile home park into substantial compliance after

notice and sufficient opportunity to do so.

     (iii) Any imminent threat to the health and safety of the residents

of a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park.

     (iv) The abandonment or likely abandonment of a mobile home park

or seasonal mobile home park by the owner or operator.

     (b) Require the owner of a distressed mobile home park or

seasonal mobile home park to post security in the form of a bond,

cash deposit, or other financial arrangement to ensure the repair

and cleanup of the mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park,

including the repair of substandard or noncomplying park-owned

utility systems and the removal and disposal of abandoned mobile

homes, scrap material, or other waste.

     (c) Establish conditions for appointing a receiver for a

distressed park.

     (5) Not more than 180 days after the effective date of the

amendatory act that added this subsection, the commission shall

submit a report on progress toward the promulgation of rules under

subsection (4) to the standing committees of the senate and house

of representatives with primary responsibility for legislation

affecting mobile home parks.

     (6)(5)>> A campground which that is currently licensed under

 

sections 12501 to 12516 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.12501 to 333.12516, was previously licensed under the former

 

licensing provisions of 1959 PA 243, MCL 125.1035 to 125.1043 as a

 

seasonal trailer park and which that currently meets the former

 

seasonal trailer park construction standards under 1959 PA 243, MCL

 


125.1035 to 125.1043, may apply for and shall be licensed as a

 

seasonal mobile home park under this act if the campground meets

 

all other requirements for licensure under this act as a seasonal

 

mobile home park.

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