HOUSE BILL 1178

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Ben Lujan

AN ACT

RELATING TO MOBILE HOME PARKS; PROVIDING FOR HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS DESIGNATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 47-10-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1983, Chapter 122, Section 11, as amended) is amended to read:

     "47-10-11. CLOSED PARKS PROHIBITED.--

          A. The [owner of a mobile home park or his agent] management shall not require, as a condition of tenancy in a mobile home park, that the prospective tenant purchase a mobile home from [any] a particular seller or from any one of a particular group of sellers and shall not require that the management act as agent in the future sale of the mobile home.           B. The [owner or agent] management shall not give any special preference in renting to a prospective tenant who has purchased a mobile home from a particular seller.

          C. A seller of mobile homes shall not require as a condition of sale that a purchaser locate in a particular mobile home park or in any one of a particular group of mobile home parks.

          D. The [owner of a mobile home park] management shall not prohibit the listing or sale of a mobile home within the park by the owner of the mobile home or the owner's agent. The [park owner or manager] management shall not require as a condition of sale that the management serve as the selling agent.

          E. The [owner or operator of a mobile home park] management shall treat all persons equally in evaluating credit or renting or leasing available space, except that [all or any portion of] a park may be designated for [adult-only occupancy] housing for older persons after a six months' notice to the residents, provided that the management complies with all applicable procedures of state and federal antidiscrimination laws, including the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3601-3619."

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