H-0196.1 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 1095
_______________________________________________
State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Representatives Pennington, Hatfield, Alexander and Dunn
Read first time 01/14/97. Referred to Committee on Finance.
AN ACT Relating to used mobile homes; and amending RCW 82.45.032.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 82.45.032 and 1993 sp.s. c 25 s 504 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Real estate" or "real property" means any interest, estate, or beneficial interest in land or anything affixed to land, including the ownership interest or beneficial interest in any entity which itself owns land or anything affixed to land. The term includes used mobile homes, used floating homes, and improvements constructed upon leased land.
(2)
"Used mobile home" means a mobile home which has been previously sold
at retail and has been subjected to tax under chapter 82.08 RCW, or which has
been previously used and has been subjected to tax under chapter 82.12 RCW((,
and which has substantially lost its identity as a mobile unit at the time of
sale by virtue of its being fixed in location upon land owned or leased by the
owner of the mobile home and placed on a foundation (posts or blocks) with
fixed pipe connections with sewer, water, and other utilities)).
(3) "Mobile home" means a mobile home as defined by RCW 46.04.302, as now or hereafter amended.
(4) "Used floating home" means a floating home in respect to which tax has been paid under chapter 82.08 or 82.12 RCW.
(5) "Floating home" means a building on a float used in whole or in part for human habitation as a single-family dwelling, which is not designed for self propulsion by mechanical means or for propulsion by means of wind, and which is on the property tax rolls of the county in which it is located.
--- END ---