Bill Text: CA SB940 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mobilehome parks: local ordinances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2022. [SB940 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB940-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 940

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Introduced by Senator Laird

February 08, 2022

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An act to amend Sections 798.7 and 798.45 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehome parks.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 940, as introduced, Laird. Mobilehome parks: local ordinances.

Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. Existing law exempts new construction, defined as spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990, from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by a city or county, which establishes a maximum amount that a landlord may charge a tenant for rent.

This bill would revise the definition of “new construction” to include only spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990, and before January 1, 2023, and would end the above-described exemption for new construction upon the first date following January 1, 2023, that the rental agreement for that space is renewed, extended, or terminated. The bill would create a new exemption for new mobilehome park construction, as defined, for a limited period of 10 years from the last date upon which at least one space in that park’s original construction was initially held out for rent.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 798.7 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

798.7.

 (a) “New Construction” construction” means any newly constructed spaces initially held out for rent after January 1, 1990. 1990 and before January 1, 2023.

(b) “New mobilehome park construction” means a mobilehome park initially held out for rent on or after January 1, 2023, measured by the last date upon which at least one space in that park’s original construction was initially held out for rent.

SEC. 2.

 Section 798.45 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

798.45.

 (a) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, “new construction” construction,” as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 798.7, shall be exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by any city, county, or city and county, which establishes a maximum amount that a landlord may charge a tenant for rent. rent, until the first date following January 1, 2023, that the rental agreement for that space is renewed, extended, or terminated, whichever is earlier.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 798.17, “new mobilehome park construction,” as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 798.7, shall be exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by any city, county, or city and county, which establishes a maximum amount that a landlord may charge a tenant for rent for a period of 10 years from the last date upon which at least one space in that park’s original construction was initially held out for rent.