Revision: March 8, 2023, 11:47 a.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
March 8, 2023
2023-0854s
06/10
Amendment to SB 203
Amend RSA 205-A:25, I - II as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
I. There is hereby created a board of manufactured housing consisting of [9] 5 members. The members of the board shall be:
(a) Two [public] members[,] from investor owned parks chosen from a list of 3 persons nominated by the New Hampshire Manufactured Housing Association, and appointed by the governor.
(b) Two members, one member from a list of 3 persons nominated by the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, who are residents of a resident-owned community, one member from a list of 3 persons nominated by Mobile/Manufactured Homeowner and Tenants Association of New Hampshire, with both members appointed by the governor[, from a list of 3 persons nominated by the New Hampshire Manufactured Housing Association].
(c) One neutral member from a list of 3 persons nominated by the Housing Action NH appointed by the governor[, from a list of 2 persons nominated by the Mobile/Manufactured Homeowner and Tenants Association of New Hampshire].
[(d) One member appointed by the governor who is a resident of a manufactured housing park who is not a member of the Mobile/Manufactured Homeowner and Tenants Association of New Hampshire.
(e) One member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, appointed by the president of such association.
(f) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.]
II. [Except for the legislative members, each] Each person shall serve for a 3-year term and until a successor is appointed and qualified, provided, however, that the initial appointments shall be as follows: the 2 [public] members representing the investor-owned park shall be appointed to 3-year terms, the [resident] members representing the residents of a manufactured housing park and the member representing the resident owners park shall serve a 2-year term and the [members from the housing associations, the tenants association and the bar association shall serve one-year terms. The legislative members shall serve terms which are coterminous to their terms in the general court] member from the Housing Action NH shall serve a one-year term.
Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:
2 Jurisdiction; Procedure. Amend RSA 205-A:27, I to read as follows:
I.(a) The board shall hear and determine matters involving manufactured housing park rules, specifically RSA 205-A:2, RSA 205-A:7, and RSA 205-A:8, and following the provisions of RSA 301-A:20 through and including RSA 301-A:24, including a dispute resolution process to resolve conflicts in both investor-owned and resident-owned manufactured housing communities.
(b) The office of professional licensure and certification shall field all complaints and determine the need for a hearing on any such complaint. Any aggrieved party may forgo the office of professional licensure and certification hearing and request a hearing in the superior court. Any party may appeal a decision by the office of professional licensure and certification to not hold a hearing to the superior court to request a hearing.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following and renumbering the original section 4 to read as 5:
4 Jurisdiction; Procedure. Amend RSA 205-A:27, IV(a) to read as follows:
IV.(a) Any resident of a manufactured housing park, [or] any owner of a manufactured housing park, or a tenants association of a manufactured housing park may petition the board by filing a complaint with the board and paying a $25 filing fee which shall be used to defray the costs of the board. Such filing fee may be waived by the board if the board determines that such fee will cause an unfair financial burden on the petitioner. After review of the claim and a decision by the board that the matter has merit and is not frivolous, the board shall schedule a hearing within 60 days from the receipt of the claim. If the board finds the claim to be without merit or to be frivolous, it shall dismiss the complaint and explain in writing to the complainant its reasons for dismissing the complaint.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill changes the membership of the board of manufactured housing, increases the board's jurisdiction to matters under RSA 301-A on consumers cooperative associations, and gives tenant associations standing with the board of manufactured housing.