CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2655

                   Chapter 135, Laws of 1994

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

       MANUFACTURED HOMES‑-CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP STUDY

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/9/94

Passed by the House February 9, 1994   Yeas 96   Nays 0 BRIAN EBERSOLE Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 4, 1994   Yeas 47   Nays 2

CERTIFICATE I, Marilyn Showalter, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2655 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate

MARILYN SHOWALTER                           Chief Clerk

Approved March 28, 1994 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                     March 28, 1994 - 11:41 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2655

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             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By House Committee on Trade, Economic Development & Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Shin, H. Myers and Forner; by request of Department of Community Development)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Revising provisions relating to ownership of manufactured homes.

    AN ACT Relating to ownership of manufactured homes; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature recognizes the importance of manufactured housing as an affordable housing source, and the need to develop a feasible alternative to vehicle titling for obtaining and transferring ownership of manufactured homes.  The department of community, trade, and economic development, the department of licensing, and the department of revenue shall study and develop proposed legislation that creates a certificate of ownership program for manufactured homes.  The department of community, trade, and economic development shall act as the lead agency in the development of the proposed legislation.  The proposed legislation shall treat manufactured housing as real property to the greatest extent possible for ownership and taxation purposes, with the program being administered at the local level.  The departments shall consult with the various affected interest groups, including local government officials and the affordable housing advisory board established in RCW 43.185B.020, in the development of this proposed legislation.  The departments shall report their findings and proposed legislation to the house of representatives trade, economic development, and housing committee and the senate labor and commerce committee by December 1, 1994.

    Passed the House February 9, 1994.

    Passed the Senate March 4, 1994.

Approved by the Governor March 28, 1994.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 28, 1994.