1061 AMH DUNN DUPU 008

HB 1061 - H AMD

By Representative Dunn

   Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:

   Sec. 1. RCW 59.21.021 and 2002 c 257 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

   (1) If a mobile home park is closed or converted to another use after December 31, 1995, eligible tenants shall be entitled to assistance on a first-come, first-serve basis. The department shall give priority for distribution of relocation assistance to tenants residing in parks that are closed as a result of park-owner fraud or as a result of health and safety concerns as determined by the local board of health. Payments shall be made upon the department's verification of eligibility, subject to the availability of remaining funds. Eligibility for relocation assistance funds is limited to low-income households. As used in this section, "low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is less than eighty percent of the median family income, adjusted for household size, for the county where the mobile or manufactured home is located.

   (2) Assistance for closures occurring after December 31, 1995, is limited to persons who maintain ownership of and relocate their mobile home or who dispose of a home not relocatable to a new site.

   (3) Persons who removed and disposed of their mobile home or maintained ownership of and relocated their mobile homes are entitled to reimbursement of actual relocation expenses up to(( seven thousand dollars )) ten thousand dollars for a double-wide home and up to ((three thousand five hundred ))five thousand dollars for a single-wide home.

   (4) Any individual or organization may apply to receive funds from the mobile home park relocation fund, for use in combination with funds from public or private sources, toward relocation of tenants eligible under this section. Funds received from the mobile home park relocation fund shall only be used for relocation assistance expenses or other mobile/manufactured home ownership expenses, that include down payment assistance, if the owners are not planning to relocate their mobile home as long as their original home is removed from the park.

   Sec. 2. RCW 59.21.025 and 1998 c 124 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

   (1) If financial assistance for relocation is obtained from sources other than the mobile home park relocation fund established under this chapter, then the relocation assistance provided to any person under this chapter shall be reduced as necessary to ensure that no person receives from all sources combined more than: (a) That person's actual cost of relocation; or (b) ((seven)) ten thousand dollars for a double-wide mobile home and(( three thousand five hundred ))five thousand dollars for a single-wide mobile home.

   (2) When a person receives financial assistance for relocation from a source other than the mobile home park relocation assistance fund, then the assistance received from the fund will be the difference between the maximum amount to which a person is entitled under RCW 59.21.021(3) and the amount of assistance received from the outside source.

   (3) If the amount of assistance received from an outside source exceeds the maximum amounts of assistance to which a person is entitled under RCW 59.21.021(3), then that person will not receive any assistance from the mobile home park relocation assistance fund.

   Correct the title accordingly.

EFFECT: Strikes the original bill's provision that relocation reimbursement limits may be set by rule by the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development and, instead, establishes statutory limits. Adds RCW 59.21.025 as a technical correction to the original bill.