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.
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.
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