HOUSE BILL NO. 6004

A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled

"The mobile home commission act,"

by amending section 5 (MCL 125.2305), as amended by 2006 PA 328.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 5. (1) After consultation with and considering comments from representatives of the manufactured housing industry and other interested parties, the department shall promulgate the mobile home code subject to section 4. The code shall must consist of rules governing all of the following:

(a) The licensure, density, layout, permits for construction, construction of mobile home parks including standards for roads, utilities, open space, or proposed recreational facilities, and safety measures sufficient to protect health, safety, and welfare of mobile home park residents, except water supply, sewage collection and treatment, and drainage facilities which that are regulated by the department of environmental quality.environment, Great Lakes, and energy.

(b) The business, sales, and service practices of mobile home dealers.

(c) The business practices of mobile home installers and repairers.

(d) The licensure and regulations regulation of mobile home installers and repairers.

(e) The setup and installation of mobile homes inside mobile home parks or seasonal mobile home parks.

(f) The regulation of the responsibilities, under the mobile home warranty, of the mobile home components manufacturer, the mobile home assembler or manufacturer, and the mobile home dealer, including the time period and relationships of each under the warranty, and the remedies available, if any, if the responsible parties cease to operate as a business.

(g) Abuses relating to all of the following:

(i) Consumer deposits, except utility deposits from consumers who are direct customers of utilities regulated by the Michigan public service commission.

(ii) Detailed listing of furnishings and fixtures by a manufacturer of a new mobile home or a mobile home dealer for a used mobile home.

(iii) Disclosure and delivery of manufacturer's warranties.

(iv) Used mobile homes. A mobile home dealer shall provide detailed listing of its service records for used mobile homes which are being sold by the dealer and of which the dealer has knowledge.

(h) Applications for and issuance of certificates of title for mobile homes.

(2) As part of the code, the department shall also promulgate rules governing the licensure, density, layout, permits for construction, and construction of seasonal mobile home parks, including standards for roads, utilities, open space, proposed recreational facilities, and safety measures sufficient to protect the health, safety, and welfare of seasonal mobile home park residents, except water supply, sewage collection and treatment, and drainage facilities, which shall be that are regulated by the department of environmental quality.environment, Great Lakes, and energy.

(3) The rules promulgated for seasonal mobile home parks may impose a less stringent standard than the rules promulgated for mobile home parks.

(4) All administrative rules promulgated by the department or the commission under this act and not rescinded on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection must be considered authorized, valid, and enforceable, and must remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the department.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 05128'19).

(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 05146'19 *).

(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 05273'19 *).

(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 05282'19).

(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 07323'20).