Mobilehomes: disposal.

The Mobilehome Residency Law governs tenancies in mobilehome parks and, among other things, authorizes the management of a mobilehome park, under specified circumstances, to either remove the mobilehome from the premises and place it in storage or store the mobilehome on its site. Existing law provides the management with a warehouse lien for these costs and imposes various duties on the management to enforce this lien. Existing law also imposes various duties on the management of a mobilehome park when seeking to sell an abandoned mobilehome and its contents. Existing law requires a court to enter a judgment of abandonment if the criteria for abandonment has been satisfied and no party establishes an interest in the mobilehome at the hearing. Existing law requires the management, under certain circumstances, to obtain a tax clearance certificate from the county tax collector of the county in which the mobilehome is located when selling an abandoned mobilehome. Existing law, the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce various laws pertaining to manufactured housing, mobilehomes, park trailers, commercial coaches, special purpose commercial coaches, and recreational vehicles. Existing law requires all fees accruing to the department pursuant to the act to be deposited within the Mobilehome Revolving Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out the act. This bill would amend the Mobilehome Residency Law to, among other things, authorize the management to enforce a warehouse lien and to designate a mobilehome for disposal without requiring the management or other person enforcing the lien to pay past or current vehicle license fees or obtain a tax clearance certificate. The bill would require a court to enter a judgment of abandonment if, instead, the criteria for abandonment has been satisfied and no party establishes an interest in the mobilehome and tenders all past due rent and other charges. The bill would authorize a procedure for the management of a mobilehome park to dispose of an abandoned mobilehome and its contents without requiring the management to pay past or current vehicle license fees or obtain a tax clearance certificate. This bill would require the management to notify the county tax collector in the county in which the mobilehome park is located that management will either apply to have the mobilehome designated for disposal after a warehouse lien sale or dispose of an abandoned mobilehome and its contents pursuant to these provisions. This bill would also require the management to file a notice of disposal, as specified, and to submit certain information required for completing the disposal process under penalty of perjury. This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to charge a fee, as specified, for processing the notice of disposal and any information required for completing the disposal process. By establishing additional fees to be deposited into the Mobilehome Revolving Fund, this bill would make an appropriation. By expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.