North Carolina SB 518: Establish PFAS Task Force/Add'l Measures.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 518

Short Title: Mobile Home Park Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Meyer, Smith, and Mayfield (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENACT THE "MOBILE HOME PARK ACT" TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS 2
FOR MOBILE HOMEOWNERS AND MOBILE HOME PARK MANAGEMENT AND 3
TO DIRECT THE NORTH CAROLINA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO 4
REGULATE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND RESOLVE DISPUTES. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. Chapter 42 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article 7
to read: 8
"Article 8. 9
"Mobile Home Park Act. 10
"§ 42-80. Short title. 11
This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Mobile Home Park Act." 12
"§ 42-81. Application of Article. 13
This Article shall apply only to mobile homes, as defined in G.S. 42-82. Unless indicated 14
otherwise, where there is a conflict with the provisions of this Chapter, the provisions of this 15
Article shall control. 16
"§ 42-82. Definitions. 17
As used in this Article, the following definitions apply: 18
(1) Commission. – The North Carolina Human Rights Commission. 19
(2) Entry fee. – Any fee paid to or received from an owner of a mobile home park 20
or an agent of the owner, except for the following: 21
a. Rent. 22
b. A security deposit against actual damages to the premises or to secure 23
rental payments, which deposit shall not be greater than the amount 24
allowed under this Article. Security deposits will remain the property 25
of the homeowner and shall be deposited into a separate trust account 26
by the landlord to be administered by the landlord as a private trustee. 27
For the purpose of preserving the corpus, the landlord will not 28
commingle the trust funds with other money but may keep the interest 29
and profits thereon as compensation for administering the trust 30
account. 31
c. Fees charged by any State, county, or city governmental agency. 32
d. Utilities. 33
e. Incidental reasonable charges for services actually performed by the 34
mobile home park owner, or an agent of the owner, and agreed to in 35
writing by the homeowner. 36

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f. Late fees. 1
g. Membership fees paid to join a resident or homeowner cooperative 2
that owns the mobile home park. 3
(3) Homeowner. – An individual, including the individual's family, that owns a 4
mobile home that is subject to a tenancy in a mobile home park pursuant to a 5
rental agreement. 6
(4) Management. – The owner, landlord, or person responsible for operating and 7
managing a mobile home park, or an agent, employee, or representative 8
authorized to act on behalf of the owner, landlord, or person responsible in 9
connection with matters relating to tenancy in the mobile home park. 10
(5) Mobile home. – A single-family dwelling built on a permanent chassis 11
designed for long-term residential occupancy and containing complete 12
electrical, plumbing, and sanitary facilities and designed to be installed in a 13
permanent or semi-permanent manner with or without a permanent 14
foundation, which is capable of being drawn over public highways as a unit, 15
or in sections by special permit, or a manufactured home, as defined in 16
G.S. 143-143.9(6), if the manufactured home is situated in a mobile home 17
park. 18
(6) Mobile home park. – A parcel of land used for the continuous accommodation 19
of five or more occupied mobile homes and operated for the pecuniary benefit 20
of the owner of the parcel of land or the owner's agents, lessees, or assignees. 21
Mobile home park does not include mobile home subdivisions or property 22
zoned for manufactured home subdivisions. The term also includes 23
noncontiguous land parcels that are a part of the same subdivision. 24
(7) Mobile home space. – A parcel of land within a mobile home park designated 25
by the management to accommodate one mobile home and its accessory 26
buildings and to which the required sewer and utility connections are provided 27
by the mobile home park. The term also includes a mobile home lot. 28
(8) Premises. – A mobile home park and existing facilities and appurtenances 29
therein, including furniture and utilities where applicable, and grounds, areas, 30
and existing facilities held out for the use of homeowners generally or the use 31
of which is promised to the homeowner. 32
(9) Rent. – Any money or other consideration to be paid to the management for 33
the right of use, possession, and occupation of the premises. 34
(10) Rental agreement. – An agreement, written or implied by law, between the 35
management and the homeowner establishing the terms and conditions of a 36
tenancy, including reasonable rules and regulations promulgated by the park 37
management. The term also includes a lease agreement. 38
(11) Subdivision. – A parcel of land that is divided into two or more par