BILL REQ. #:  S-2053.1 

Read first time 02/28/2005.   Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to homeowners' associations; and adding a new section to chapter 64.38 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 64.38 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The governing documents may not prohibit the outdoor display of political yard signs by an owner or resident on the owner's or resident's property for a period of ninety days before any primary or election. The governing documents may include reasonable rules and regulations regarding the placement and manner of display of political yard signs.
     (2) For purposes of this section, "political yard sign" means any outdoor sign with dimensions no greater than eight feet by four feet that contains a message supporting or opposing a candidate or ballot measure that will be on a primary or election ballot within ninety days.
     (3) This section applies retroactively to any governing documents in effect on the effective date of this section. Any provision in a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.