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

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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-Introduced.html

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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

 

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) Within 1 year after the effective date of the 2012

 

amendatory act that added this subsection, the commission shall

 

promulgate rules to require the owner of a mobile home park or

 

seasonal mobile home park to post security for the cleanup of the

 

mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park, including the

 

removal and disposal of abandoned mobile homes, scrap material, and

 

waste. The rules shall provide for security in the form of a bond,

 

cash deposit, or other financial instrument.

 

     (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.