New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB442 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 442
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Marian Matthews
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO MOBILE HOMES; AMENDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING RENT
50	50	STABILIZATION; REVISING AND EXPANDING PRIVATE REMEDIES;
51	51	PRESCRIBING CIVIL PENALTIES.
52	52	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
53	53	SECTION 1. Section 47-10-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983,
54	54	Chapter 122, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
55	55	"47-10-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Mobile Home Park
56	56	Act:
57	57	A. "landlord" or "management" means the owner or
58	58	[any] a person responsible for operating and managing a mobile
59	59	home park or an agent, employee or representative authorized to
60	60	act on the management's behalf in connection with matters
61	61	relating to tenancy in the park;
62	62	B. "mobile home" means a single-family dwelling
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90	90	built on a permanent chassis designed for long-term residential
91	91	occupancy and containing complete electrical, plumbing and
92	92	sanitary facilities designed to be installed in a permanent or
93	93	semipermanent manner with or without a permanent foundation,
94	94	which dwelling is capable of being drawn over public highways
95	95	as a unit or in sections by special permit, and includes a
96	96	manufactured home. "Mobile home" does not include a
97	97	recreational travel trailer or a recreational vehicle, as those
98	98	terms are defined in Section 66-1-4.15 NMSA 1978;
99	99	C. "mobile home park", "trailer park", [or ] "park"
100	100	or "manufactured home park" means a parcel of land used for the
101	101	continuous accommodation of twelve or more occupied mobile
102	102	homes and operated for the pecuniary benefit of the owner of
103	103	the parcel of land, [his ] the owner's agents, lessees or
104	104	assignees. "Mobile home park" does not include mobile home
105	105	subdivisions or property zoned for manufactured home
106	106	subdivisions;
107	107	D. "mobile home space", "space", "mobile home lot"
108	108	or "lot" means a parcel of land within a mobile home park
109	109	designated by the management to accommodate one mobile home and
110	110	its accessory buildings and to which the required sewer and
111	111	utility connections are provided by the mobile home park;
112	112	E. "premises" means a mobile home park and existing
113	113	facilities and appurtenances therein, including furniture and
114	114	utilities where applicable, and grounds, areas and existing
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143	143	facilities held out for the use of the residents generally or
144	144	the use of which is promised to the resident;
145	145	F. "rent" means any money or other consideration to
146	146	be paid to the management for the right of use, possession and
147	147	occupation of the premises;
148	148	G. "rental agreement" means a written agreement,
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150	150	management and the resident establishing the terms and
151	151	conditions of a tenancy, including reasonable rules and
152	152	regulations promulgated by the park management. A lease is a
153	153	rental agreement;
154	154	H. "resident" means [any ] a person or family of
155	155	[such] the person owning a mobile home that is subject to a
156	156	tenancy in a mobile home park under a rental agreement;
157	157	I. "tenancy" means the right of a resident to use a
158	158	space or lot within a park on which to locate, maintain and
159	159	occupy a mobile home, lot improvements and accessory structures
160	160	for human habitation, including the use of services and
161	161	facilities of the park;
162	162	J. "utility services" means electric, gas, water or
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164	164	K. "first lienholder" means a person or [his ] the
165	165	person's successor in interest who has a security interest in a
166	166	mobile home, whose interest has been perfected pursuant to the
167	167	provisions of Section 66-3-201 NMSA 1978 and whose interest is
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196	196	prior to any other security interest in the mobile home; and
197	197	L. "abandoned" means absence of the resident from
198	198	the mobile home, without notice to the landlord, in excess of
199	199	seven continuous days, providing such absence occurs after the
200	200	mobile home lot rent is delinquent."
201	201	SECTION 2. A new section of the Mobile Home Park Act is
202	202	enacted to read:
203	203	"[NEW MATERIAL] RENT STABILIZATION.--After July 1, 2025, a
204	204	landlord may increase a tenant's rent only once within a
205	205	twelve-month period. The rent from July 1, 2025 to June 30,
206	206	2026 shall not increase by more than three percent of the prior
207	207	rent amount. After June 30, 2026, the total annual rent
208	208	increase shall not exceed five percent."
209	209	SECTION 3. Section 47-10-23 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
210	210	Chapter 147, Section 9) is amended to read:
211	211	"47-10-23. PRIVATE REMEDIES --CIVIL PENALTIES--
212	212	ENFORCEMENT.--
213	213	A. For each violation by a landlord of the
214	214	provisions of [Sections 47-10-19 through 47-10-22 NMSA 1978 ]
215	215	the Mobile Home Park Act , a landlord may be [charged a civil
216	216	penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) ] liable for
217	217	two times the amount of the total monthly rent .
218	218	B. The remedies provided in this section are not
219	219	exclusive and do not limit the rights or remedies that are
220	220	otherwise available to a resident. [under any other law ]
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249	249	C. Each violation by a landlord of Sections
250	250	47-10-19 through 47-10-22 NMSA 1978 is an unfair or deceptive
251	251	trade practice pursuant to the Unfair Practices Act that is
252	252	actionable pursuant to the Unfair Practices Act. "
253	253	SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
254	254	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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