SENATE BILL REPORT

SSB 5076

BYSenate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Bluechel and Warnke)

Establishing a commission on mobile home rental space availability.

Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 17, 1987; February 20, 1987

Majority Report:  Do pass and refer to Committee on Ways & Means.

      Signed by Senators Warnke, Chairman; Smitherman, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Tanner, Vognild, Williams.

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Senate Hearing Date(s):March 6, 1987; January 15, 1988; January 25, 1988

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5076 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators McDonald, Chairman; Bauer, Bluechel, Cantu, Deccio, Gaspard, Hayner, Lee, Saling, Smith, Talmadge, Vognild, Warnke, Williams, Wojahn, Zimmerman.

Senate Staff:William Bafus (786-7437)

                  February 4, 1988

AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 3, 1988

BACKGROUND:

The cost of renting mobile home park spaces has risen rapidly in recent years.  Since a high percentage of these spaces are rented by senior citizens who have relatively low and fixed incomes, financial hardship has resulted.

SUMMARY:

A commission on mobile home rental space is created, consisting of four members each from the Senate and the House, two representatives each from cities, counties, the Park Owners Association, and the Tenants Association.

The commission shall recommend ways to increase the supply of rental spaces and to minimize the impact of constant rental increases on tenants.

The commission shall review local government regulation, including land use, for its impact on space availability.

The preliminary report of the commission shall be submitted to the Legislature July 1, 1989, and the final report by July 1, 1990.

Appropriation:    $30,000 is appropriated for the commission from the state general fund.

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      available

Appointments by Legislature Required:     Four members of the Senate, two from each caucus, appointed by the President of the Senate, and four members of the House of Representatives, two from each caucus, appointed by the Speaker of the House.

Senate Committee - Testified: WAYS AND MEANS: No one