FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5164

                          C 118 L 98

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Removing certain tenants and occupants from a mobile home park.

Sponsors:  Senators Haugen, Long, Goings, Patterson, Franklin and Bauer.

Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance & Housing

House Committee on Trade & Economic Development

Background:  Mobile home park landlords may only evict tenants for the reasons listed in the Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.  One of the reasons listed is Aengaging in criminal activity,@ which is defined as Aa criminal act defined by statute that threatens the health, safety, or welfare of the tenants.@  Conviction of a crime is not required.  Notice from a law enforcement agency of criminal activity on the part of a tenant is grounds for eviction.

Mobile home park tenants sometimes require the assistance of a live-in care giver.  The occupancy rights of care givers are unclear.

Summary:  The term Aoccupant@ is added to the definitions section of the Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.  It is defined as any person, including a live-in care provider, other than a tenant, who occupies a mobile home and mobile home lot.

The eviction provisions of the Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act are amended to include Aoccupants.@

The requirement that a tenant or occupant register as a sex offender with local law enforcement is grounds for eviction.

Outdated references to eviction without cause are removed.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 43 5

House     97 0 (House amended)

Senate    37 6 (Senate concurred)

Effective:  June 11, 1998