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                                 SENATE BILL 5559

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Nelson, Madsen, Matson, Thorsness and Rasmussen.

Read first time February 7, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Declaring landlord-tenant duties as being state-wide.

     AN ACT Relating to residential landlord-tenant duties; and adding a new section to chapter 59.18 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 59.18 RCW to read as follows:

     This chapter covers all residential landlord-tenant duties in the state of Washington, and local units of government shall make no laws changing these duties.