CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1528Introduced by Assembly Member BigelowFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 798.71 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehomes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1528, as introduced, Bigelow. Mobilehomes.Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Existing law authorizes the management, defined as the owner of a mobilehome park, to require a homeowner to advise management in writing if the homeowners mobilehome is for sale.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 798.71 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.(2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer.(b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public.(c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park.(d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1528Introduced by Assembly Member BigelowFebruary 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 798.71 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehomes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1528, as introduced, Bigelow. Mobilehomes.Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Existing law authorizes the management, defined as the owner of a mobilehome park, to require a homeowner to advise management in writing if the homeowners mobilehome is for sale.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1528 Introduced by Assembly Member BigelowFebruary 22, 2019 Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow February 22, 2019 An act to amend Section 798.71 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehomes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1528, as introduced, Bigelow. Mobilehomes. Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Existing law authorizes the management, defined as the owner of a mobilehome park, to require a homeowner to advise management in writing if the homeowners mobilehome is for sale.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision. Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Existing law authorizes the management, defined as the owner of a mobilehome park, to require a homeowner to advise management in writing if the homeowners mobilehome is for sale. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 798.71 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.(2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer.(b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public.(c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park.(d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 798.71 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.(2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer.(b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public.(c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park.(d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016. SECTION 1. Section 798.71 of the Civil Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.(2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer.(b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public.(c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park.(d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016. 798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.(2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer.(b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public.(c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park.(d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016. 798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing.(2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer.(b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public.(c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park.(d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016. 798.71. (a) (1) The management may not show or list for sale a manufactured home or mobilehome without first obtaining the owners written authorization. The authorization shall specify the terms and conditions regarding the showing or listing. (2) Management The management may require that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale. If management requires that a homeowner advise management in writing that his or her the homeowners manufactured home or mobilehome is for sale, failure to comply with this requirement does shall not invalidate a transfer. (b) The management shall not prohibit neither the listing nor or the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome within the park by the homeowner, an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, or the agent of any such person other than the management. For purposes of this section, listing includes advertising the address of the home to the general public. (c) The management shall not require the selling homeowner, or an heir, joint tenant, or personal representative of the estate who gains ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome in the mobilehome park through the death of the owner of the manufactured home or mobilehome who was a homeowner at the time of his or her the owners death, to authorize the management or any other specified broker, dealer, or person to act as the agent in the sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome as a condition of resale of the home in the park or of managements approval of the buyer or prospective homeowner for residency in the park. (d) The management shall not require a homeowner, who is replacing a mobilehome or manufactured home on a space in the park, in which he or she the homeowner resides, to use a specific broker, dealer, or other person as an agent in the purchase of or installation of the replacement home. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Health and Safety Code governing the licensing of manufactured home or mobilehome salespersons or dealers. (f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.