BILL NUMBER: SB 1612	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 27, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act to amend Section 798.44 of the Civil Code, relating to
mobilehome parks.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1612, as amended, Chesbro.  Mobilehome parks:  liquified
petroleum gas.
   Existing law limits the cost which may be charged to mobilehome
owners and park tenants for the purchase of liquified petroleum gas
for use in the mobilehome park where the management of the park does
not permit those owners or tenants to purchase that product from
someone other than the mobilehome park management.   It also
requires the management of the park to post the actual price paid by
management for that gas. 
   This bill would  make a technical, nonsubstantive change
to that provision   provide that the limit on the cost
charged to mobilehome owners and tenants for liquefied petroleum gas
sold by mobilehome park management and the requirement for price
posting shall apply to mobilehome parks where requirements of state
or local law or regulation prohibit homeowners and tenants from
installing their own gas supply tanks, even if the mobilehome park
permits the outside purchase of liquefied petroleum gas  .
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 798.44 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   798.44.  (a) The management of a park that does not permit
mobilehome owners or park tenants to purchase liquified petroleum gas
for use in the mobilehome park from someone other than the
mobilehome park management shall not sell liquified petroleum gas to
mobilehome owners and tenants within the park at a cost which exceeds
110 percent of the actual price paid by the management of the park
for liquified petroleum gas.
   (b) The management of a park shall post in a visible location the
actual price paid by management for liquified petroleum gas sold
pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (c) This section shall apply only to mobilehome parks regulated
under the Mobilehome Residency Law.  This section shall not apply to
recreational vehicle parks, as defined in Section 18215 of the Health
and Safety Code, which exclusively serve recreational vehicles, as
defined in Section 18010 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (d) Nothing in this section is intended to abrogate any rights a
mobilehome park owner may have under Section 798.31 of the Civil
Code.  
   (e) In addition to a mobilehome park described in subdivision (a),
the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply to a
mobilehome park where requirements of state or local law or
regulation, including, but not limited to, requirements for setbacks
between mobilehomes, prohibit homeowners or tenants from installing
their own gas supply tanks, notwithstanding that the management of
the mobilehome park permits mobilehome owners and park tenants to buy
their own liquefied petroleum gas.