Washington HB 1358: Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities.

Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/1
mobile home communities; amending RCW 59.20.325 and 59.20.335; and 2
repealing RCW 59.20.300.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. RCW 59.20.300 (Manufactured/mobile home 5
communities—Notice of sale) and 2023 c 40 s 6, 2011 c 158 s 5, & 2008 6
c 116 s 4 are each repealed.7
Sec. 2. RCW 59.20.325 and 2024 c 325 s 2 are each amended to 8
read as follows:9
(1) An owner shall give written notice of an opportunity to 10
compete to purchase indicating the owner's interest in selling the 11
manufactured/mobile home community before the owner markets the 12
manufactured/mobile home community for sale or includes the sale of 13
the manufactured/mobile home community in a multiple listing, and 14
when the owner receives an offer to purchase that the owner intends 15
to consider ((unless that offer is received during the process under 16
RCW 59.20.330)).17
(2) The owner shall give the notice in subsection (1) of this 18
section by certified mail or personal delivery to:19
H-0573.1
HOUSE BILL 1358
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Gregerson, Hill, Parshley, Obras, Simmons,
Tharinger, Morgan, Nance, Davis, Peterson, Pollet, Stearns, Ramel,
Macri, and Ormsby
Read first time 01/17/25. Referred to Committee on Housing.
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(a) ((All)) Each tenant((s)) of the manufactured/mobile home 1
community;2
(b) ((A qualified tenant organization, if there is an existing 3
qualified tenant organization within the manufactured/mobile home 4
community)) The officers of any known qualified tenant organization;5
(c) The department of commerce; ((and))6
(d) The local government within whose jurisdiction all or part of 7
the manufactured/mobile home community exists;8
(e) Any housing authority within whose jurisdiction all or part 9
of the manufactured/mobile home community exists; and10
(f) The Washington state housing finance commission.11
(3) The notice required in subsection (1) of this section must 12
include:13
(a) The date that the notice was ((mailed by certified mail or 14
personally)) delivered to all recipients set forth in subsection (2) 15
of this section;16
(b) A statement that the owner is considering selling the 17
manufactured/mobile home community or the property on which it sits;18
(c) A statement that the tenants, through a qualified tenant 19
organization representing a majority of the tenants in the community, 20
based on home sites, or an eligible organization, have an opportunity 21
to compete to purchase the manufactured/mobile home community;22
(d) A statement that in order to compete to purchase the 23
manufactured/mobile home community, within 70 days after the 24
certified mailing or personal delivery date stated in accordance with 25
(a) of this subsection of the notice of the owner's interest in 26
selling the manufactured/mobile home community, the tenants must form 27
or identify a single qualified tenant organization for the purpose of 28
purchasing the manufactured/mobile home community and notify the 29
owner in writing of:30
(i) The tenants' interest in competing to purchase the 31
manufactured/mobile home community; and32
(ii) The name and contact information of the representative or 33
representatives of the qualified tenant organization with whom the 34
owner may communicate about the purchase; and35
(e) A statement that information about purchasing a manufactured/36
mobile home community is available from the department of commerce.37
(4) The representative or representatives of the tenants 38
committee will be able to request park operating expenses ((described 39
in RCW 59.20.330)) from the owner within a 20-day information period 40
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following delivery of the qualified tenant organization's notice to 1
the owner indicating interest in competing to purchase the 2
manufactured/mobile home community.3
(5) An eligible organization may also compete to purchase and is 4
subject to the same time constraints and applicable conditions as a 5
qualified tenant organization.6
(6) Electronic delivery of the notice of sale is acceptable to:7
(a) The department of commerce;8
(b) The local government within whose jurisdiction all or part of 9
the manufactured/mobile home community exists;10
(c) Any housing authority within whose jurisdiction all or part 11
of the manufactured/mobile home community exists; and12
(d) The Washington state housing finance commission.13
(7) Delivery of the notice of opportunity to compete to purchase 14
to the department of commerce must include:15
(a) A complete list of all current tenants and contact 16
information listed on the leases within the manufactured/mobile home 17
community on a form as provided by the department of commerce; and18
(b) One copy of the notice as sent to each tenant of the 19
manufactured/mobile home community.20
(8) Notices sent under subsection (2)(c) through (f) of this 21
section