CS/CS/HB 343 - Recreational Vehicle Industries Summary

• Establishes that mobile home parks, lodging parks, recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps are exclusively regulated under Chapter 513, with the Department of Health as the exclusive regulatory authority for permitting standards.

• Creates a rebuttable presumption that a guest occupying a recreational vehicle for less than 6 months is transient, and allows park operators to refuse service or access and eject transient guests based on specified conduct without liability.

• Permits damaged or destroyed recreational vehicle parks to be rebuilt using the same density standards previously approved, superseding local ordinances regarding lot size, lot density, and setback distances.

• Specifies that unclaimed property left by guests becomes park property after 90 days, while property left by guests who vacated without notice and owe money is treated as abandoned property under the Landlord and Tenant Act.

• Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a competency examination for liquefied petroleum gas activities related to recreational vehicle service and repair, with master qualifiers requiring 3 years of verifiable LP gas experience or professional manufacturer certification.