5703-S.E AMH CL CORD 51

ESSB 5703 - H COMM AMD NOT ADOPTED 4/9/01

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) A joint legislative task force is created to review chapter 43.22 RCW as it pertains to the regulation of manufactured and mobile homes. The task force membership shall consist of:

(a) One member from each caucus of the senate labor, commerce and financial institutions committee, appointed by the president of the senate;

(b) One member from each caucus of the house commerce and labor committee, appointed by the co-speakers of the house of representatives;

(c) Representatives of the mobile/manufactured homeowners, mobile/manufactured home mortgage lenders, mobile/manufactured home manufacturers and retailers, realtors, business and labor representatives of the electrical and plumbing trades, and other state or local government agencies as appropriate, appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the co-speakers of the house of representatives; and

(d) A representative of the department of labor and industries. The department shall cooperate with the task force and provide such technical expertise as the task force co-chairs may reasonably require.

(2) The task force shall choose its co-chairs from among its membership.

(3) The study shall review at least the following issues:

(a) The fact that many mobile/manufactured homeowners have performed alterations or repairs to their homes without obtaining the required permits with the result that potential buyers may be unable to obtain mortgage financing from the usual sources;

(b) The costs associated with obtaining required permits, particularly on those occasions when an engineering analysis is required;

(c) The possibility of reducing the number and type of repairs and alterations that require a permit, consistent with public health and safety considerations;

(d) The appropriateness of the current legal sanction for not obtaining a permit when required; and

(e) Any methods, procedures, or changes in the law that can assist mobile/manufactured homeowners in the proper and economical maintenance and improvement of their homes, and the protection of their equity.

(4) The task force shall use legislative facilities and staff from senate committee services and the office of program research. Each nonlegislative member of the task force is eligible to be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. All expenses of the task force, including travel, shall be paid jointly by the senate and the house of representatives.

(5) The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2002.

(6) This section expires April 1, 2002."

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