Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 682


Introduced by Assembly Member Williams

February 25, 2015


An actbegin insert to add Section 18029.1 to the Health and Safety Code,end insert relating tobegin delete public utilities.end deletebegin insert manufactured housing and mobilehomes, and making an appropriation therefor.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 682, as amended, Williams. begin deleteElectric end deletebegin insertMobilehome park: electric end insertand gas service: master-meter customers.

Existing law authorizes the transfer of the ownership and operational responsibility for the provision of electric or gas service from an owner of a master-metered mobilehome park or manufactured housing community that provides electric or gas service to residents to the electric or gas corporation providing service in the area in which the mobilehome park or manufactured housing community is located. Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt a standard form of agreement for transfer of gas and electric distribution facilities in these parks and communities that is required to be the basis for expedited approval of the transfers.

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This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address implementation issues regarding commission decision 14-03-021 and the voluntary conversion of electric and natural gas master-metered service at mobilehome parks to direct service by corporations providing electric or natural gas or both.

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The Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce various laws pertaining to manufactured housing, mobilehomes, park trailers, commercial coaches, special purpose commercial coaches, and recreational vehicles. The act makes it unlawful for a person to alter or convert, or cause to be altered or converted, the plumbing, heat-producing, or electrical systems and installations or equipment of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or multifamily manufactured home that bears a department insignia of approval or federal label when these structures are used, occupied, sold, or offered for sale within the state, unless its performance is altered or converted in compliance with specified provisions of the act and applicable regulations adopted by the department.

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Existing law authorizes the department to establish a schedule of fees to pay the costs related to the administration and enforcement of the act that are deposited in the Mobilehome-Manufactured Home Revolving Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out the provisions of the act.

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This bill would authorize a person, without filing an application for an alteration or conversion with the department, to alter or convert, or cause to be altered or converted, the structural, fire safety, plumbing, heat-producing, or electrical systems and installations or equipment of a manufactured home or mobilehome in order to extend a gas line or electrical feeder line, or both, from a utility-owned service line to the electrical subpanel or gas inlet of the manufactured home or mobilehome only for the purpose of a natural gas or electric service utility upgrade, or both, within a mobilehome park that is subject to or consistent with a specified decision of the Public Utilities Commission.

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The bill would also authorize a defect in the manufactured home or mobilehome relating to the heat-producing or electrical systems or installations or equipment to be repaired or replaced without filing an application for an alteration or conversion with the department if specified conditions are met. By increasing the duties of the department for which the department may charge fees that are deposited in a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 18029.1 is added to the end insertbegin insertHealth and Safety
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(a) Notwithstanding Section 18029, a person may,
2without filing an application for an alteration or conversion
3required by this chapter, alter or convert, or cause to be altered
4or converted, the structural, fire safety, plumbing, heat-producing,
5or electrical systems and installations or equipment of a
6manufactured home or mobilehome in order to extend a gas line
7or electrical feeder line, or both, from a utility-owned service line
8to the electrical subpanel or gas inlet of the manufactured home
9or mobilehome only for the purpose of a natural gas or electric
10service utility upgrade, or both, within a mobilehome park that is
11subject to or consistent with the requirements of Public Utilities
12Commission Decision 14-03-021 (March 13, 2014).

13(b) Notwithstanding Section 18029, if, at the time that natural
14gas or electric service is connected to a manufactured home or
15mobilehome as part of a natural gas or electric service utility
16upgrade, or both, within a mobilehome park that is subject to or
17consistent with the requirements of Public Utilities Commission
18Decision 14-03-021 (March 13, 2014), a defect in the manufactured
19home or mobilehome relating to the heat-producing or electrical
20systems or installations or equipment is found, the heat-producing
21or electrical systems or installations or equipment may be repaired
22or replaced without filing an application for an alteration or
23conversion required by this chapter if the repair or replacement
24is necessary to correct the defect, is made promptly, and is
25approved by the department.

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
27legislation that would address implementation issues regarding
28Public Utilities Commission decision 14-03-021 and the voluntary
29conversion of electric and natural gas master-metered service at
30mobilehome parks to direct service by corporations providing
31electric or natural gas or both.

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