BILL REQ. #:  S-3879.1 

Read first time 01/09/2006.   Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring arbitration for homeowners' association disputes; and adding a new section to chapter 64.38 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 64.38 RCW to read as follows:
     The owner, occupant, or tenant of the property within a homeowners' association or the homeowners' association board shall use arbitration, as provided in chapter 7.04 RCW, to resolve any civil action or controversy arising under this chapter, the governing documents, or the applicable titles that created the association: Titles 23, 23B, 24, and 25 RCW.