A. The management shall notify mobile home park residents of proposed new rules or amendments to existing rules at least sixty days prior to the effective date of the new or amended rules. The management shall allow residents a thirty-day comment period on proposed rule changes. Comments from residents to management on proposed rule changes shall be in writing and signed by the author. Once all comments have been received, the management shall post all comments and the responses to the comments in a conspicuous place. The new rules or amended rules shall not take effect before sixty days after the notification date.
B. Existing pets that are in compliance with the mobile home park rules or regulations shall be exempt from any provision of new rules or regulations that would prohibit those pets provided those are not a nuisance violating the public peace, health or safety.
C. The mobile home park management shall not require existing residents to comply with changes in rules or regulations that require physical improvements to the existing resident's mobile home or lot unless the mobile home is in violation of a local municipal or county ordinance or the physical condition of the resident's mobile home or lot constitutes a public nuisance or threat to the public peace, health or safety.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 186, § 5.
Effective dates. — Laws 1997, ch. 186 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 1997, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 10 - Mobile Home Parks
Section 47-10-1 - Short title.
Section 47-10-2 - Definitions.
Section 47-10-3 - Tenancy; requirements; notice to quit.
Section 47-10-4 - Action for termination.
Section 47-10-5 - Reasons for termination.
Section 47-10-6 - Nonpayment of rent.
Section 47-10-7 - Common areas; tenant meetings.
Section 47-10-8 - Security deposits.
Section 47-10-10 - Entry fees prohibited; entry fee defined; security deposit; court costs.
Section 47-10-11 - Closed parks prohibited.
Section 47-10-12 - Selling fees prohibited.
Section 47-10-13 - Certain types of landlord-seller agreements prohibited.
Section 47-10-14 - Rental agreement; disclosure of terms in writing.
Section 47-10-15 - Rules and regulations.
Section 47-10-15.1 - New or amended rules; notification; open meeting; pets; physical improvements.
Section 47-10-16 - New developments and parks; rental of sites to dealers authorized.
Section 47-10-17 - Alternative dispute resolution; when permitted; court actions.
Section 47-10-18 - Conflicts; applicability of law.
Section 47-10-19 - Rent increase; disclosure requirement.
Section 47-10-20 - Cost of utility services; access to records.
Section 47-10-21 - Provision of utility services; administrative fee; disclosure requirement.
Section 47-10-22 - Itemized bill; utility services; administrative fees.