FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 2861

PARTIAL VETO

                                  C 176 L 90

BYHouse Committee on Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Leonard, Winsley, Ferguson, Padden, Nutley, Cooper, Rector, Horn, Anderson, R. Meyers, Inslee, Ballard and Todd)

Transferring the responsibilities for the regulation of manufactured housing.

House Committe on Housing

Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

In 1988, the Legislature created the Office of Mobile Home Affairs in the Department of Community Development.  The office serves as the coordinating office in state government for matters relating to mobile homes and manufactured housing.  However, other state agencies, including the Department of Labor and Industries and the Department of Licensing, have authority to regulate mobile homes or manufactured housing.  Clients receiving government services related to mobile homes and manufactured housing may be required to deal with several agencies.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Community Development (department) is responsible for performing all consumer complaint and related functions of the state administrative agency, including the preparation of the state administrative plan, that are required by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for manufactured housing.  The department is responsible for these functions beginning on July 1, 1991.

The Department of Community Development may enter into state or local interagency agreements to coordinate manufactured housing site inspection activities with record monitoring and complaint handling.  The interagency agreement may provide for the sharing of administrative revenues based upon each party's responsibilities.

The Department of Licensing must transfer all mobile home titling functions to the Department of Community Development by July 1, 1991.

The Department of Licensing, the Department of Labor and Industries, and the Department of Community Development must report to the Housing Committee of the House of Representatives and the Economic Development & Labor Committee of the Senate by July 1, 1990, regarding the progress being made to transfer the functions specified by the bill to the Department of Community Development. The report must also include recommendations, and list the advantages and disadvantages, on the transfer of inspection functions performed by the Department of Labor and Industries, and on the training of local inspectors to perform these inspections.  The report must be prepared in consultation with local governments.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 95   0

      Senate    46     0 (Senate amended)

      House 94   0 (House concurred)

EFFECTIVE:June 7, 1990

Partial Veto Summary:  The provision requiring the affected agencies to make a progress report to the Legislature by July 1, 1990, was vetoed to allow more time for the agencies to compile the necessary information.  (See VETO MESSAGE)