Their report to the Daily Business News having achieved both of their key efforts.
It’s the background and import of those bills that creates the drama.
MHProNews previously reported on the passage of their right to replace law, which protects community owners’ rights. See that report, linked here.
That law is reportedly going into effect on September 1, 2017.
Their second key legislative effort was “H.B. 2019 included other changes to better describe current industry and department practices, and updated the chapter in the Texas Finance Code that regulates manufactured home personal property lending in Texas to have the correct references to the federal laws and regulations post-Dodd/Frank.”
Pendleton said that, “The comprehensive bill was also signed by Gov. Abbott and goes into effect on September 1, 2017.”
TMHA stated that “There were 6,631 bills filed. Yes, we reviewed them all. We tracked 179 bills identified as potentially having some possible impact on the industry. Of all the bills filed this session only 1,211 passed (about 18 percent).” Among that 18% were the two key bills from Texas. Pendleton added that, “this year marked the fewest bills passed in the last 20 years. What does that translate to? This was a massive bill killing session.”
The passed bills make it easier for MH Industry Texans to do business. That means these bills help professionals in that state make more money, honestly.
DJ Pendleton says they are now laying their foundational plans for their next – the 2019 – legislative session.
Not Apples and Oranges
Another state exec – equally successful for many years – told MHProNews that comparing state level success with national level efforts – meaning success by MHI, as they have failed to attain their goals for over 5 years – was not an apples to apples comparison.
Yet the perception that state associations are more productive than MHI lingers.
To see an in-depth report on that topic, please click here, and how that impacts communities, retailers and all other segments of manufactured housing, click here. ##
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