HOUSE BILL No. 5176


     October 10, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Lockwood, Richardville, Jamnick, Ruth Johnson and DeRossett 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 members appointed by the

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

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      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  TWO ELECTED LOCAL

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      GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

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            (e) An elected official of a local government.

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           (E)  (f)  A licensed mobile home dealer.

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           (F)  (g)  One resident of a licensed mobile home park having

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      100 or more sites and 1 resident of a licensed mobile home park

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      having less than 100 sites.  ONE MEMBER APPOINTED UNDER THIS SUB-

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      DIVISION SHALL ALSO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OR ORGANIZED LABOR.

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           (G)  (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 (F), or a member of that person's

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      immediate family, shall not have more than a 1% ownership inter-

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      est in or income benefit from a manufacturer of mobile homes, a

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      retail seller of mobile homes, a licensed mobile home park, or a

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      supplier 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

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      annually by the legislature.



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

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      all purposes, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy in the

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

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      by a vote of a majority of the members appointed and serving.

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      Meetings of the commission may be called by the chairperson or by

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      3 members on 3 business days' actual notice.  At least 1 meeting

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      shall be held each calendar quarter.  The commission may hold

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      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  ARE 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  THE disclosure shall become a

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      part of the record of the commission's official proceedings.



















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