FORTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2007

February 20, 2007

Mr. Speaker:

    Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE CONSUMER AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 200

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 2, line 6, after the bracket strike the remainder of the line, strike lines 7 and 8 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new subsection:

          "B. A landlord may charge residents a fee to offset the cost incurred by the landlord when the landlord provides utility services to residents. The fee for a mobile home park with four hundred or more spaces shall not exceed fifty percent of the residential monthly minimum customer charge set by the utility that supplies services to the landlord. The fee for a mobile home park with less than four hundred spaces shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the residential monthly minimum customer charge set by the utility that supplies the service to the landlord."".

     2. On page 2, between lines 10 and 11, insert a new section to read:

     "Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is September 1, 2007.".,