| 1 | | - | Assembly Bill No. 1061 CHAPTER 625 An act to amend Section 798.40 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehomes. [ Approved by Governor October 07, 2021. Filed with Secretary of State October 07, 2021. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1061, Lee. Mobilehome Residency Law: water utility charges.Under existing law if the management of a mobilehome park provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the charges for the period are required to be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowner. Existing law requires management to post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate as published by the serving utility. Existing law authorizes management of a mobilehome park to also post the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, as specified.This bill would, if the management of a mobilehome park elects to separately bill water utility service to homeowners, limit charges and fees on homeowners in connection with those services to specified types of charges and fees. The specified charges and fees would be for (1) the homeowners volumetric usage based on the homeowners proportion of total usage, or, where the water purveyor uses a tiered rate schedule, based on the homeowners proportion of the tiers usage, or based on a mobilehome space rate; (2) any recurring fixed charge, however that charge is designated, for water service that has been billed to management by the water purveyor, determined on the basis of either the homeowners proportional share of volumetric use or the total charge divided by the number of mobilehome spaces; and (3) a billing, administrative, or other fee representing the costs of both management and the billing agent combined, not to exceed $4.75 or 25% of the charge for the homeowners volumetric usage, whichever is less. The bill would prohibit volumetric usage charges from including water usage by a parks common area facilities or by any other person or entity other than the homeowner. This bill would provide that these provisions do not prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. The bill would define terms for these purposes.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 798.40 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 1 | + | Enrolled August 23, 2021 Passed IN Senate August 16, 2021 Passed IN Assembly August 23, 2021 Amended IN Senate June 24, 2021 Amended IN Senate June 14, 2021 Amended IN Assembly May 05, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1061Introduced by Assembly Member Lee(Coauthor: Assembly Member Voepel)February 18, 2021 An act to amend Section 798.40 of the Civil Code, relating to mobilehomes. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1061, Lee. Mobilehome Residency Law: water utility charges.Under existing law if the management of a mobilehome park provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the charges for the period are required to be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowner. Existing law requires management to post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate as published by the serving utility. Existing law authorizes management of a mobilehome park to also post the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, as specified.This bill would, if the management of a mobilehome park elects to separately bill water utility service to homeowners, limit charges and fees on homeowners in connection with those services to specified types of charges and fees. The specified charges and fees would be for (1) the homeowners volumetric usage based on the homeowners proportion of total usage, or, where the water purveyor uses a tiered rate schedule, based on the homeowners proportion of the tiers usage, or based on a mobilehome space rate; (2) any recurring fixed charge, however that charge is designated, for water service that has been billed to management by the water purveyor, determined on the basis of either the homeowners proportional share of volumetric use or the total charge divided by the number of mobilehome spaces; and (3) a billing, administrative, or other fee representing the costs of both management and the billing agent combined, not to exceed $4.75 or 25% of the charge for the homeowners volumetric usage, whichever is less. The bill would prohibit volumetric usage charges from including water usage by a parks common area facilities or by any other person or entity other than the homeowner. This bill would provide that these provisions do not prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. The bill would define terms for these purposes.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 798.40 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 21 | 33 | | Under existing law if the management of a mobilehome park provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the charges for the period are required to be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowner. Existing law requires management to post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate as published by the serving utility. Existing law authorizes management of a mobilehome park to also post the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, as specified.This bill would, if the management of a mobilehome park elects to separately bill water utility service to homeowners, limit charges and fees on homeowners in connection with those services to specified types of charges and fees. The specified charges and fees would be for (1) the homeowners volumetric usage based on the homeowners proportion of total usage, or, where the water purveyor uses a tiered rate schedule, based on the homeowners proportion of the tiers usage, or based on a mobilehome space rate; (2) any recurring fixed charge, however that charge is designated, for water service that has been billed to management by the water purveyor, determined on the basis of either the homeowners proportional share of volumetric use or the total charge divided by the number of mobilehome spaces; and (3) a billing, administrative, or other fee representing the costs of both management and the billing agent combined, not to exceed $4.75 or 25% of the charge for the homeowners volumetric usage, whichever is less. The bill would prohibit volumetric usage charges from including water usage by a parks common area facilities or by any other person or entity other than the homeowner. This bill would provide that these provisions do not prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. The bill would define terms for these purposes. |
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| 23 | 35 | | Under existing law if the management of a mobilehome park provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the charges for the period are required to be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowner. Existing law requires management to post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate as published by the serving utility. Existing law authorizes management of a mobilehome park to also post the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, as specified. |
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| 25 | 37 | | This bill would, if the management of a mobilehome park elects to separately bill water utility service to homeowners, limit charges and fees on homeowners in connection with those services to specified types of charges and fees. The specified charges and fees would be for (1) the homeowners volumetric usage based on the homeowners proportion of total usage, or, where the water purveyor uses a tiered rate schedule, based on the homeowners proportion of the tiers usage, or based on a mobilehome space rate; (2) any recurring fixed charge, however that charge is designated, for water service that has been billed to management by the water purveyor, determined on the basis of either the homeowners proportional share of volumetric use or the total charge divided by the number of mobilehome spaces; and (3) a billing, administrative, or other fee representing the costs of both management and the billing agent combined, not to exceed $4.75 or 25% of the charge for the homeowners volumetric usage, whichever is less. The bill would prohibit volumetric usage charges from including water usage by a parks common area facilities or by any other person or entity other than the homeowner. This bill would provide that these provisions do not prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. The bill would define terms for these purposes. |
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| 31 | 43 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 798.40 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 33 | 45 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 37 | 49 | | SECTION 1. Section 798.40 of the Civil Code is amended to read:798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 39 | 51 | | SECTION 1. Section 798.40 of the Civil Code is amended to read: |
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| 43 | 55 | | 798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 45 | 57 | | 798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 47 | 59 | | 798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following:(1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost.(2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management.(b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company.(c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service:(1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways:(A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing.(B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space.(C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates.(D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed.(2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following:(A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period.(B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park.(3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance.(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing.(2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management.(3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control.(4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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| 51 | 63 | | 798.40. (a) Where management provides both master-meter and submeter service of utilities to a homeowner, for each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated along with the opening and closing readings for the homeowners meter. Management shall post, in a conspicuous place, the specific current residential utility rate schedule as published by the serving utility or the internet website address of the specific current residential utility rate schedule. If management elects to post the internet website address where the schedule may be accessed, management shall do both of the following: |
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| 53 | 65 | | (1) Provide a copy of the specific current residential utility rate schedule, upon request, at no cost. |
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| 55 | 67 | | (2) State in the posting that a homeowner may request a copy of the rate schedule from management. |
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| 57 | 69 | | (b) If a third-party billing agent or company prepares utility billing for the park, management shall disclose on each residents billing, the name, address, and telephone number of the billing agent or company. |
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| 59 | 71 | | (c) Whenever management elects to separately bill water service to a homeowner as a utility service pursuant to Section 798.41, and to provide submetered water service to homeowners as a master-meter customer of the water purveyor, as a part of the regular bill for water service, management shall only bill a homeowner for the following water service: |
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| 61 | 73 | | (1) A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any of the following ways: |
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| 63 | 75 | | (A) The amount shall be calculated by first determining the proportion of the homeowners usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage as shown by the water purveyors billing. The dollar amount billed to the homeowner for usage shall be in that same proportion to the dollar amount for usage shown by the water purveyors billing. |
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| 65 | 77 | | (B) If the water purveyor charges for volumetric usage based on a tiered rate schedule, management may calculate the charge for a homeowners volumetric usage as described in subparagraph (A) or management may instead divide each tiers volume evenly among the number of mobilehome spaces, and the rate applicable to each block shall be applied to the consumption recorded for each mobilehome space. |
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| 67 | 79 | | (C) If the water purveyor charges the property rates on a per-mobilehome space basis, the homeowners may be charged at those exact per-mobilehome space rates. |
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| 69 | 81 | | (D) In no event shall the charge for volumetric usage under this paragraph include in its calculation water used by or for any common area facility in the park, or water used by any other person or entity, other than the homeowner being billed. |
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| 71 | 83 | | (2) Any recurring fixed charge, however that charge may be designated, for water service billed to the property by the water purveyors that, at managements discretion, shall be calculated by either of the following: |
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| 73 | 85 | | (A) The homeowners proportion of the total fixed charges charged to management for the parks water use. The homeowners proportion shall be based on the percentage of the homeowners volumetric water use in relation to the total volumetric water use of the entire park, as shown on managements water bill during that period. |
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| 75 | 87 | | (B) Dividing the total fixed charges charged to the park equally among the total number of spaces at the park. |
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| 77 | 89 | | (3) A billing, administrative, or other fee representing the combined total of managements and the billing agents costs, which shall be the lesser of an amount not to exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), as adjusted pursuant to this paragraph, or 25 percent of the amount billed pursuant to paragraph (1). Beginning January 1, 2022, the maximum fee authorized by this paragraph may be adjusted each calendar year by management, no higher than a commensurate increase in the Consumer Price Index based on a California fiscal year average for the previous fiscal year, for all urban consumers, as determined by the Department of Finance. |
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| 79 | 91 | | (d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: |
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| 81 | 93 | | (1) Billing agent means a person or entity that contracts to provide submetering services to management, including billing. |
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| 83 | 95 | | (2) Submeter means a device that measures water consumption of an individual mobilehome space within a park, and that is owned and operated by management. |
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| 85 | 97 | | (3) Water service includes any charges, whether presented for payment on local water purveyor bills, tax bills, or bills from other entities, related to water treatment, distribution, or usage, including, but not limited to, water, sewer, stormwater, and flood control. |
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| 87 | 99 | | (4) Water purveyor means a water purveyor as defined in Section 512 of the Water Code. |
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| 89 | 101 | | (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent management from recovering its costs to install, maintain, or improve its internal water delivery system, as may otherwise be allowed in any rental agreement or local regulation. |
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