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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 994

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Todd, Cantwell, Crane, J. Williams, Leonard, Nutley, Sanders, Moyer, Dellwo and Schoon

Read first time 2/18/87 and referred to Committee on Housing.

AN ACT Relating to the office of mobile home affairs; and adding a new section to chapter 43.63A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.63A RCW to read as follows:

          The department shall establish an office of mobile home affairs which will serve as the coordinating office within state government for matters relating to mobile homes or manufactured housing.

          This office will provide an ombudsman service to mobile home park owners and mobile home tenants with respect to problems and disputes within the scope of the mobile home landlord-tenant act, chapter 59.20 RCW.  The office will keep records of its activities in this area.

          This office will also provide an ombudsman service to mobile home park owners and mobile home tenants with respect to accessing governmental services related to health and safety within mobile home parks.

          This office will further develop policies and strategies that will promote the development and utilization of mobile homes or manufactured housing as a means of enhancing the supply of safe, sanitary, low and moderate income housing within the state, and advise the legislature, executive agencies of state government, and local government entities accordingly.