HBA-EVB, NLM H.B. 3015 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3015
By: McClendon
Land & Resource Management
4/12/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides that an owner of a tract of land located outside the
limits of a municipality who divides the tract to lay out a subdivision
must have a plat of the subdivision prepared. However, manufactured home
rental communities are exempted from the platting requirement. As a  result
of this exemption, a county may be unable to determine potential population
growth or relocation and therefore unable to plan for anticipated health
and safety services. Also, delivery of services to such communities lacking
infrastructure, such as roadways, drainage systems, and water and sewage
systems, is difficult. H.B. 3015 amends current law by repealing the
section of the Local Government Code that provides that a manufactured home
rental community is not a subdivision, thereby making such a community
subject to platting requirements. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Repealer:  Section 232.007 (Manufactured Home Rental
Communities), Local Government Code.  Section 232.007 defines "manufactured
home rental community" as a plot or tract of land that is separated into
two or more spaces or lots that are rented, leased, or offered for rent or
lease, for a term of less than 60 months without a purchase option, for the
installation of manufactured homes for use and occupancy as residences; and
provides that a manufactured home rental community is not a subdivision. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that the change in law made by this Act does not apply
to a manufactured home rental community, as that term was defined by
Section 232.007, Local Government Code, as it existed immediately before
the repeal of that section, in existence before the effective date of this
Act. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
Effective date: 90 days after adjournment.