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HOUSE BILL 2472
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Representatives Dunn, Ogden, Carlson, McDonald, O'Brien, Morris, Wolfe, Boldt and Edwards
Read first time 01/13/2000. Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade.
AN ACT Relating to mobile home relocation assistance; amending RCW 59.21.021; adding a new section to chapter 59.21 RCW; and providing for submission of section 2 of this act to a vote of the people.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 59.21.021 and 1998 c 124 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. Payments shall be made upon the department's verification of eligibility, subject to the availability of remaining funds.
(2) Assistance for closures occurring after December 31, 1995, is limited to persons who maintain ownership of and relocate their mobile home.
(3) Persons who maintained ownership of and relocated their mobile homes are entitled to up to seven thousand dollars for a double-wide home and up to three thousand five hundred dollars for a single-wide home.
(4) Any 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 home ownership expenses, that include downpayment assistance, if the owners are not planning to relocate their mobile home.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 59.21 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A fee is imposed equal to one percent of the sale price on every transfer of title issued under chapter 46.12 RCW on a mobile home where (a) the ownership of the mobile home changes; and (b) the mobile home is located in a mobile home park. A transfer of title does not include the addition or deletion of a spouse co-owner or secured interest.
(2) Mobile homes with a sale price of less than one thousand dollars are not subject to the fee imposed in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The department of licensing or its agents shall collect the fee when processing an application for transfer of title. The fee collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the mobile home park relocation fund created in this chapter.
(4) The department of licensing and the state treasurer may adopt rules necessary to carry out this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The secretary of state shall submit section 2 of this act to the people for their adoption and ratification, or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this state, in accordance with Article II, section 1 of the state Constitution and the laws adopted to facilitate its operation.
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