05/03/2002 01:15 PM House JUD

SB 6 - MOBILE HOME PARK EVICTION NOTICE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Number 0092                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  announced that the  first order of  business would                                                              
be CS  FOR SENATE BILL  NO. 6(FIN), "An  Act relating  to required                                                              
notice  of  eviction to  mobile  home  park dwellers  and  tenants                                                              
before  redevelopment of  the park."   [Before  the committee  was                                                              
the proposed  House committee substitute  (HCS) for SB  6, version                                                              
22-LS0216\W,  Kurtz,   2/11/02,  adopted   as  a  work   draft  on                                                              
2/13/02.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROKEBERG noted  that at  the 5/1/02  hearing of  SB 6,  the                                                              
motion  to adopt  the  new  proposed HCS  for  SB  6, version  22-                                                              
LS0216\U, Kurtz, 4/26/02, as a work draft was left pending.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Number 0203                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  restated the motion to  adopt Version U  as a work                                                              
draft.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Number 0217                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE BERKOWITZ objected.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  explained that  Version U  provides for  notice of                                                              
180 days, whereas  Version W provides for notice of  270 days.  He                                                              
opined that  because SB 6  stipulates that  a quit date  cannot be                                                              
given earlier than  May 1 or later than October 15,  notice of 180                                                              
days would be sufficient.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   MEYER  pointed   out  that   270  days   was  the                                                              
compromise worked out  between parties who felt that  365 days was                                                              
too long and parties who felt that 180 days was not sufficient.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Number 0301                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  withdrew the motion to  adopt Version U  as a work                                                              
draft.  Therefore, Version W remained before the committee.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Number 0312                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BERKOWITZ moved  to report HCS  for SB  6, version                                                              
22-LS0216\W,  Kurtz, 2/11/02,  out  of committee  with  individual                                                              
recommendations  and the  accompanying  zero fiscal  note.   There                                                              
being no  objection, HCS CSSB 6(JUD)  was reported from  the House                                                              
Judiciary Standing Committee.