BILL REQ. #: H-2297.1
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/05/03.
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting discrimination against consumers' choices in housing; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35A.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.01 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature finds that: Congress has
preempted the regulation by the states of manufactured housing
construction standards through adoption of construction standards for
manufactured housing (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401-5403); and this federal
regulation is equivalent to the state's uniform building code. The
legislature also finds that congress has declared that: (1)
Manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of
the nation; and (2) manufactured homes provide a significant resource
for affordable homeownership and rental housing accessible to all
Americans (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401-5403). The legislature intends to
protect the consumers' rights to choose among a number of housing
construction alternatives without restraint of trade or discrimination
by local governments.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW
to read as follows:
A city or town may not enact any statute or ordinance that has the
effect, directly or indirectly, of discriminating against consumers'
choices in the placement or use of a home in such a manner that is not
equally applicable to all homes. Homes built to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401-5403 standards (as amended in 2000) must be regulated in the same
manner as site built homes, factory built homes, or homes built to any
other state construction standard.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 35A.21 RCW
to read as follows:
A code city may not enact any statute or ordinance that has the
effect, directly or indirectly, of discriminating against consumers'
choices in the placement or use of a home in such a manner that is not
equally applicable to all homes. Homes built to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401-5403 standards (as amended in 2000) must be regulated in the same
manner as site built homes, factory built homes, or homes built to any
other state construction standard.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 A new section is added to chapter 36.01 RCW
to read as follows:
A county may not enact any statute or ordinance that has the
effect, directly or indirectly, of discriminating against consumers'
choices in the placement or use of a home in such a manner that is not
equally applicable to all homes. Homes built to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401-5403 standards (as amended in 2000) must be regulated in the same
manner as site built homes, factory built homes, or homes built to any
other state construction standard.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 This act takes effect July 1, 2005.