HB1479 (2006) Detail

Relative to debris and solid waste removal at manufactured housing parks.


HB 1479 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2321

05/01

HOUSE BILL 1479

AN ACT relative to debris and solid waste removal at manufactured housing parks.

SPONSORS: Rep. Phinizy, Sull 5; Rep. Ferland, Sull 5; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill requires manufactured housing park owners to ensure that debris and solid waste are removed from manufactured housing parks on a regular basis and provides for a civil penalty for noncompliance, in addition to remedies under the Consumer Protection Act.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2321

05/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to debris and solid waste removal at manufactured housing parks.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Manufactured Housing Parks; Enforcement by Public Agency or Municipality. Amend RSA 205-A:12 to read as follows:

205-A:12 Enforcement. Any police department or public agency, municipality, or the consumer protection and antitrust bureau of the department of justice may bring an action to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

2 Civil Penalty for Failure to Remove Debris and Solid Waste. Amend RSA 205-A:12-a to read as follows:

205-A:12-a Civil Penalty. In addition to other remedies allowed by law, a manufactured housing park owner may be assessed by a district court a civil penalty of $500 and other reasonable damages for any violation of RSA 205-A:2, except that the civil penalty for a violation of RSA 205-A:2, X-a shall be $1,000 for each occurrence.

3 New Paragraph; Removal of Debris and Solid Waste at Manufactured Housing Parks. Amend RSA 205-A:2 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:

X-a. Fail to provide clean and sanitary grounds free of debris and solid waste or fail to provide safe and secure collection sites for the removal of solid waste. The park owner shall ensure that the grounds are cleared of debris and solid waste on a regularly scheduled basis.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.