Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1268	Senate Author:  Lucio
Effective:  9-1-13	House Sponsor:  Guillen

            Senate Bill 1268 amends the Water Code and the Penal Code to redefine "recreational vehicle park" to mean a commercial property that is designed primarily for recreational vehicle transient guest use and for which fees for site service connections for recreational vehicles are paid daily, weekly, or monthly.

Under previous law, statutory provisions governing manufactured home tenancies applied to landlord-tenant relationships with respect to the lease of property in a manufactured home community for the purpose of situating either a manufactured home or a recreational vehicle on the property. Senate Bill 1268 amends the Property Code to make such provisions inapplicable with respect to a recreational vehicle.

Senate Bill 1268 amends the Utilities Code to exclude a recreational vehicle from the definition of "dwelling unit" for purposes of statutory provisions relating to metering in apartments, condominiums, and mobile home parks. The bill authorizes a person who operates a recreational vehicle park to withhold electric, water, or wastewater utility services from a person occupying a recreational vehicle at the park if the occupant is delinquent in paying for utility services provided by the operator until the occupant pays the delinquent amount.

Senate Bill 1268 amends the Water Code to prohibit a district that provides nonsubmetered master metered utility service to a recreational vehicle park from charging a person who owns or operates the recreational vehicle park an administrative fee for the services provided.