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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to recreational vehicles and recreational vehicle parks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30.05(b)(10), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(10) "Recreational vehicle park" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 13.087, Water [means a tract of land that has
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rental spaces for two or more recreational vehicles, as defined by
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Section 522.004, Transportation] Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 94.001(3), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(3) "Manufactured home" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 1201.003, Occupations Code[, and for purposes of this
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chapter, a reference to a manufactured home includes a recreational
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vehicle]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 94.002, Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 94.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter applies only |
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to the relationship between a landlord who leases property in a |
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manufactured home community and a tenant leasing property in the |
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manufactured home community for the purpose of situating a |
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manufactured home [or a recreational vehicle] on the property. |
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(b) This chapter does not apply to the relationship between: |
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(1) a landlord who owns a manufactured home and a |
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tenant who leases the manufactured home from the landlord; |
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(2) a landlord who leases property in a manufactured |
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home community and a tenant leasing property in the manufactured |
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home community for the placement of personal property to be used for |
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human habitation, excluding a manufactured home [or a recreational
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vehicle]; or |
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(3) a landlord and an employee or an agent of the |
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landlord. |
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SECTION 4. Section 184.011(2), Utilities Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(2) "Dwelling unit": |
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(A) means: |
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(i) [(A)] one or more rooms that are |
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suitable for occupancy as a residence and that contain kitchen and |
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bathroom facilities; or |
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(ii) [(B)] a mobile home in a mobile home |
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park; and |
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(B) does not include a recreational vehicle, as |
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defined by Section 522.004(b), Transportation Code. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter C, Chapter 184, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 184.036 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 184.036. UTILITY CUTOFF AT RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, a person who operates a recreational |
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vehicle park, as defined by Section 13.087, Water Code, may |
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withhold utility services from a person occupying a recreational |
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vehicle at the park if the occupant is delinquent in paying for |
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utility services provided by the operator until the occupant pays |
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the delinquent amount. |
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SECTION 6. Section 13.087(a)(3), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(3) "Recreational vehicle park" means a commercial |
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property: |
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(A) on which service connections are made for |
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recreational vehicles, as defined by Section 522.004(b), |
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Transportation Code; |
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(B) that is designed primarily for use by |
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[vehicle] transient guests occupying recreational vehicles; and |
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(C) [guest use and] for which fees are paid at |
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intervals of one day or longer. |
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SECTION 7. Section 49.2122(a-1), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a district that |
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provides nonsubmetered master metered utility service, as defined |
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by Section 13.087(a)(1), to a recreational vehicle park, as defined |
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by Section 13.087(a)(3): |
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(1) [,] shall determine the rates for that service on |
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the same basis the district uses to determine the rates for other |
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commercial businesses that serve transient customers and receive |
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nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the district; and |
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(2) may not charge transient customers that receive |
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nonsubmetered master metered utility service from the district an |
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administrative fee for the services provided. |
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SECTION 8. Sections 94.001(8) and (10), Property Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |