Thursday, August 1, 2024

Solar for Mobile Homes Bill Passed


SUB METERED MOBIL HOMES WILL NOT QUALIFY. 
THAT LET'S OUT MISSION VIEW WEST.


This bill was just passed and will take effect January 2025.

SB 1190 (Laird) Mobilehomes: Solar Energy System

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would allow a homeowner or resident to install a solar energy system on their mobile home.


Read bill text and status here.

 SB1190
This bill would make any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any rental agreement or other instrument affecting the tenancy of a homeowner or resident in a mobilehome park, in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or in a resident-owned mobilehome park that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation or use of a solar energy system, as defined, on the mobilehome or the site, lot, or space on which the mobilehome is located void and unenforceable. The bill would make it unlawful for the management or the ownership to prohibit or restrict a homeowner or resident from installing or using a solar energy system on the home or the site, lot, or space on which the mobilehome is located or to take other specified actions in connection with the installation or use of a solar energy system, except as specified. The bill would exempt imposition of reasonable restrictions on solar energy systems, as defined. The bill would require a solar energy system to meet applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local permitting authorities. The bill would make any entity that willfully violates these provisions in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or a resident-owned mobilehome park liable to the homeowner, resident, or other party for actual damages occasioned thereby, and for a civil penalty paid to the homeowner, resident, or other party in an amount not to exceed $2,000.

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