1524-S.E AMS WEST MITC 001

ESHB 1524 - S AMD 311

By Senator West

4/8/03 ADOPTED

Beginning on page 1, line 10, strike all of subsection (2) and insert the following:

"(2) Cities, towns, and counties are prohibited from requiring existing mobile home parks to pay a sewer service availability charge, standby charge, consumption charge, or any other similar types of charges associated with available but unused sewer service, including any interest or penalties for nonpayment or enforcement charges, until the mobile home park connects to the sewer service. When a mobile home park connects to a sewer, cities, towns and counties may only charge mobile home parks prospectively from the date of connection for their sewer service. This act is remedial in nature and applies retroactively to 1993."

EFFECT: Prohibits a utility service provider from charging a mobile home park a "sewer service availability charge," "standby charge," "consumption charge," or any other similar charge, including interest and penalties. Permits a utility service provider to charge a "utility assessment" and "connection charge." Limits the retroactivity provision of the bill to 1993.

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