STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

HOUSE BILL 2572	By:	Ownbey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to landlord and tenant; requiring certain owners to ensure anchoring of certain homes; defining terms; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 201 of Title 41, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Beginning January 1, 2014, an owner of a mobile or manufactured home park renting or leasing ten or more mobile homes or manufactured homes shall ensure that the anchoring of the homes meets the standards of the manufacturer’s manual or the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission. 
B.  Beginning January 1, 2014, an owner of a mobile or manufactured home renting a lot in a mobile or manufactured home park shall ensure that the anchoring of the home meets the standards of the manufacturer’s manual or the Oklahoma Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission.
C.  For purposes of this section:
1.  “Mobile or manufactured home park” shall mean an area of land that contains residential dwellings fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility, designed to be permanent residences;
2.  "Mobile home" means a residential dwelling fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility, designed to be a permanent residence, but which is still transportable; and
3.  "Manufactured home" means a residential dwelling in one or more sections built in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C., Section 5401 et seq. and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

53-2-8334	LRB	01/03/12