HOUSE BILL No. 5066


     September 20, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Scranton and referred to the Committee on Commerce.


        A bill to amend 1987 PA 96, entitled

   "The mobile home commission act,"

   by amending section 3 (MCL 125.2303).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 3.  (1) The mobile home commission is created within

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      the department.  of commerce.

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           (2) The commission consists of  11  17 members appointed by

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      the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, each of

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      whom shall be a citizen of this state.

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           (3) The members of the commission shall include each of the

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      following:

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           (a) A representative of an organization whose membership

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      consists of mobile home residents.

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           (b) A representative of financial institutions.




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           (c) Two operators of a licensed mobile home park having 100

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      or more sites and 1 operator of a licensed mobile home park

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      having less than 100 sites.

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           (d) A representative of organized labor.

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           (e)  An  FOUR elected  official of a local government.

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      OFFICIALS INCLUDING EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (i) AN ELECTED TOWNSHIP OFFICIAL.

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           (ii) AN ELECTED CITY OFFICIAL.

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           (iii) AN ELECTED VILLAGE OFFICIAL.

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           (iv) AN ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIAL.

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           (f) A licensed mobile home dealer.

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           (g)  One  FIVE RESIDENTS OF LICENSED MOBILE HOME PARKS

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      INCLUDING AT LEAST 1 resident of a licensed mobile home park

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      having 100 or more sites and AT LEAST 1 resident of a licensed

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      mobile home park having less than 100 sites.

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           (h) A manufacturer of mobile homes.

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           (4) A person appointed to be a member under subsection

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      (3)(a), (d), (e), (g), or a member of that person's immediate

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      family shall not have more than a 1% ownership interest in or

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      income benefit from a manufacturer of mobile homes, a retail

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      seller of mobile homes, a licensed mobile home park, or a sup-

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      plier of ancillary products or services to the mobile home

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      industry.

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           (5) The term of each member shall be for 3 years.  A vacancy

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      in the office of a member shall be filled by the governor for the

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      remainder of the unexpired term, not more than 1 month after the





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      vacancy is created, in the same manner as the original

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      appointment.

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           (6) The per diem compensation of the commission and the

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      schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annu-

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      ally by the legislature.

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           (7)  Six  NINE members of the commission constitute a quorum

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      for all purposes, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy in

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      the commission's membership.  Action may be taken by the commis-

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      sion by a vote of a majority of the members appointed and

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      serving.  Meetings of the commission may be called by the chair-

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      person or by 3 members on 3 business days' actual notice.  At

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      least 1 meeting shall be held each calendar quarter.  The commis-

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      sion may hold meetings anywhere in this state.

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           (8) The commission shall elect a member of the commission as

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      its chairperson and another member as its vice-chairperson.  The

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      duties and powers of the chairperson and vice-chairperson shall

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      be as prescribed in the commission's rules.

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           (9) A member of the commission may be removed from office by

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      the governor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct or

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      malfeasance in office.  A member of the commission who has a

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      direct pecuniary interest in a matter before the commission shall

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      disclose that interest before the commission taking action with

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      respect to the matter, which disclosure shall become a part of

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      the record of the commission's official proceedings.









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