2520-S AMH DUFA CLYN 426

SHB 2520 - H AMD 1400

By Representative Dufault

On page 15, after line 14, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A new section is added to chapter 59.18 RCW to read as follows:

The imposition of controls regarding damage deposits paid by residential tenants and withholding from those deposits by residential landlords is of statewide significance and is preempted by the state. No city, town, or county may enact, maintain, or enforce ordinances regulating damage deposits with respect to residential tenancies that are governed by this chapter 59.18 RCW and any such ordinances or other provisions that are in effect on the effective date of this act shall be as of that date null and void and of no effect."

Renumber the remaining section consecutively and correct internal references accordingly. Correct the title.

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