PROP TX-MOBILE HOMES

Creates the Manufactured Home Installation Act. Provides that a manufactured home installed on private property that is not located in a mobile home park must be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and assessed and taxed as real property. Amends the Use Tax Act and Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the tax imposed under the Acts on new mobile homes or new manufactured homes to be located outside a mobile home park shall be calculated against 40% of the selling price and against 100% of the selling price of building materials. Amends the Property Tax Code and the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act to provide that a mobile home located outside of a mobile home park shall be assessed and taxed as real property. Provides that mobile homes that are located outside of mobile home parks and taxed under the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall not be classified, assessed, and taxed as real property until the home is sold, transferred, or relocated. Provides that mobile homes that are located inside mobile home parks must be considered chattel and must be taxed according to the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Provides that the owners of certain mobile homes may file a request with the county that the home be classified, assessed, and taxed as real property. Makes other changes concerning the definitions of "mobile home" and "manufactured home". Effective immediately.