(a) For the purposes of this article, a classification plan is established consisting of the following classes: a class from no dollar ($0) to and including forty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($49.99); a class from fifty dollars ($50) to and including one hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($199.99); and thereafter a series of classes successively set up in brackets having a spread of two hundred dollars ($200), consisting of a number of classes as will permit classification of all manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches.
(b) The market value of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach subject to this article for each registration year of its life, shall be a percentage of that sum, determined as follows:
Registration year
Percentage
First
85
Second
70
Third
55
Fourth
45
Fifth
40
Sixth
35
Seventh
30
Eighth
25
Ninth
24
10th
23
11th
22
12th
21
13th
20
14th
19
15th
18
16th
17
17th
16
18th each succeeding year
15
It is the intent of this section that the market value of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach subject to this article shall be the same in each registration year of its life as it would be if determined pursuant to Sections 10752.1, 10753, 10753.2, 10753.3, and 10753.4 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.