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BILL ANALYSIS |
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HB 1148
This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in
their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a
statement of legislative intent.
Brief Description: Prohibiting restrictions on the location of mobile homes or manufactured homes based exclusively on age and dimensions.
Sponsors: Representatives Simpson, Dunn, Orcutt, McCune, Chase, Wallace, Ormsby and Springer.
Brief Summary of Bill |
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Hearing Date: 1/24/07
Staff: Robyn Dupuis (786-7166).
Background:
Under the Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act, owners of manufactured and
mobile home communities are prohibited from preventing the entry of a manufactured or mobile
home for the sole reason that the home has reached a certain age (59.20.070). Homes may be
excluded or expelled for other reasons including failure to comply with fire, safety and other
provisions of local ordinances and state laws.
Currently there is no state law to specifically prohibit local jurisdictions from passing ordinances
restricting the entry of mobile or manufactured homes into mobile home parks or manufactured
housing communities.
Current statutes (35.21.684, 35A.21.312 and 36.01.225) state that beginning July 1, 2005, a city
or town, code city or county, respectively, may not enact any statute or ordinance that has the
effect 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. However, the law also allows municipalities
to require that manufactured homes be new and that the homes comply with all local design
standards applicable to all other homes in the neighborhood within which the home is to be
located.
Summary of Bill:
Local governments are prohibited from restricting the location of mobile or manufactured homes
in mobile home parks or manufactured housing communities based exclusively on the age or
dimensions of the mobile or manufactured home.
Current statutes (RCW 25.21.684, 35A.21.312 and 36.01.225), which allow jurisdictions to place
age and design criteria on manufactured housing, apply only to housing to be sited outside of
mobile home parks and manufactured home communities.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.