Arizona Laws 33-1437. Education requirements for park managers; complaint; administrative hearing; civil penalty
A. Within six months after employment as a park manager, a park manager shall complete at least six hours of educational programs and shall complete at least six additional hours of educational programs every two years.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 33-1437
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Director: means the director of the Arizona department of housing. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
- Educational program: means a class, workshop or educational convention that primarily instructs attendees on issues dealing with the operation of a mobile home park and that is sponsored by a nonprofit organization whose sole or primary purpose is the advocacy and promotion of the rental mobile home parks industry. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fund: means the mobile home relocation fund. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
- Landlord: means the owner, lessor, sublessor or operator, or any combination thereof, of a mobile home park and it also means a manager of the premises who fails to disclose as required by section 33-1432. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
- Mobile home park: means any parcel of land that contains four or more mobile home spaces. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
- Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Park manager: means the person who is primarily responsible for the day-to-day operation of a mobile home park. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
- Tenant: means a person signing a rental agreement or otherwise agreeing with a landlord for the occupancy of a mobile home space. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
B. A park manager shall post proof of completion of and compliance with the educational program requirements prescribed by this section in a conspicuous place at the mobile home park.
C. A tenant may file a complaint with the director if, on request from the tenant, the tenant’s park manager cannot produce proof of completion of the requirements prescribed in this section. The director shall issue a show cause order to the landlord directing the landlord to provide proof that the requirements of subsection A have been satisfied. If the landlord fails to produce satisfactory evidence of compliance or fails to respond within thirty days after service by certified mail of the show cause order, the director shall impose a five hundred dollar civil penalty, with an additional five hundred dollar per month civil penalty to accrue each full calendar month beginning with the second month following service of the notice of imposition of civil penalty. All civil penalties shall be exonerated if, within six months after service of the notice of imposition of civil penalty, the landlord furnishes satisfactory evidence of compliance. Otherwise, the matter shall be referred to the attorney general for enforcement and collection of the civil penalties and a ten per cent surcharge on the total amount of the civil penalties collected. All civil penalties shall be deposited in the state general fund and the ten per cent surcharge shall be deposited in the mobile home relocation fund.