BILL REQ. #: S-1948.1

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5759
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State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Financial Services, Insurance & Housing (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Kohl-Welles and Esser)

READ FIRST TIME 03/03/03.

AN ACT Relating to studying low-income rent vouchers; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The joint legislative audit and review committee shall study how housing in Washington is subsidized, including but not limited to housing development and the use of low-income rent vouchers, and how other states, demographically similar to Washington, subsidize housing. This report must include information regarding the use of federal, state, and local moneys to subsidize housing. This report is due no later than January 15, 2004, and must include recommendations the state may use to implement innovative programs that involve private and public entities.

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