WA People
BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1293: Tenants/utilities

Notifying real property owners of tenants' utility payment delinquencies.

Summary

  • $ Allows county water and sewer utilities and investor owned utilities to provide duplicates of tenant utility service bills to owners of rental property, and notice of a tenant = s payment delinquency.
  • Requires notice to a property owner, if requested, that a tenant = s account is delinquent and requires that the tenant be informed of the property owner = s request.
  • Prohibits a lien by a county water and sewer utility and an investor owned utility after January 1, 2002, against a property owner for a tenant = s failure to pay utility charges if notice is requested by the property owner and the utility fails to give the notice.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2001
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim Dunn (R-17)
Introduced
January 23, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002

AN ACT Relating to real property owners receiving notices from utilities of tenant delinquencies;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim Dunn (R-17)

11 co-sponsors (6 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Bill Fromhold D-49Tom Mielke R-18Senator D-22Brad Benson R-6Mark Miloscia D-30Dan Roach R-31Mark Doumit D-19Lynn Schindler R-4Ruth Kagi D-32Kathy Haigh D-35Luke Esser R-48

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.

HB 1293 in other sessions

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