HOUSE BILL No. 4878

 

June 24, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Richardville 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:                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   the department.  of commerce.                                               

                                                                                

3       (2) The commission consists of 11 members appointed by the                  

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

5   shall be a citizen of this state.                                           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

8       (a) A representative of an organization whose membership                    

                                                                                

9   consists of mobile home residents.                                          

                                                                                

10      (b) A representative of financial institutions.                             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   having less than 100 sites.                                                 

                                                                                

3       (d)  A representative of organized labor  Two elected local                 

                                                                                

4   government officials.                                                       

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6       (e)  (f)  A licensed mobile home dealer.                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

8   100 or more sites and 1 resident of a licensed mobile home park             

                                                                                

9   having less than 100 sites.  One member appointed under this                

                                                                                

10  subdivision shall also be a representative or organized labor.              

                                                                                

11      (g)  (h)  A manufacturer of mobile homes.                                   

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

15  interest in or income benefit from a manufacturer of mobile                 

                                                                                

16  homes, a retail seller of mobile homes, a licensed mobile home              

                                                                                

17  park, or a supplier of ancillary products or services to the                

                                                                                

18  mobile home industry.                                                       

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

22  vacancy is created, in the same manner as the original                      

                                                                                

23  appointment.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established                 

                                                                                

26  annually by the legislature.                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   purposes, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy in the                 

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

5   3 members on 3 business days' actual notice.  At least 1 meeting            

                                                                                

6   shall be held each calendar quarter.  The commission may hold               

                                                                                

7   meetings anywhere in this state.                                            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

10  duties and powers of the chairperson and vice-chairperson  shall            

                                                                                

11  be  are as prescribed in the commission's rules.                            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

15  direct pecuniary interest in a matter before the commission shall           

                                                                                

16  disclose that interest before the commission taking action with             

                                                                                

17  respect to the matter.  , which  The disclosure shall become a              

                                                                                

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