COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HOUSING

Senator Ron Menor, Chair

SB 2169

Amends law to apply low income renters income tax credit to renters of real property that is exempted from real property taxes.

CPH, WAM

SB 2885

Allows telecommunications businesses to reasonably segregate income subject to general excise tax from income subject to public services company tax based on business records.

CPH, WAM

SB 2303

Increases the measure of damages to treble damages for damage to public utility property.

CPH, JDC

SB 2080

Establishes complaints database on contractors and strengthens financial responsibility requirements.

CPH, WAM

SB 2468

Amend the licensed contractor statute so that it applies to all contracts that do not exceed or are equal to $100.

CPH

SB 2975

Extends time for filing a mechanic's and materialman's lien from 45 to 90 days.

CPH, JDC

SB 3040

Requires all, not only financial, records of a captive insurance company to be treated as confidential by the insurance commissioner.

CPH, JDC

SB 2298

Allows insurers and licensees to advertise an insurance policy in a language other than English.

CPH

SB 3031

Replaces article 1 of UCC with new article 1; makes conforming amendments.

CPH, JDC

SB 2341

Removes the requirement that flood insurance maintained on condominiums be obtained through the federal flood insurance program.

CPH

SB 2470

Amends the condominium property regime law to require an association of apartment owners, that has received a request for information from an owner, to notify the owner in writing of its intent to impose fees for providing that information prior to assessment. Contested fees are to be submitted to arbitration.

CPH

SB 2471

Extends from 120 days to 365 days the deadline for obtaining from the apartment owners the required percentage of votes to amend the bylaws of a condominium property regime. Applies the 365 day deadline to proposed bylaws submitted by either the board of directors or a volunteer apartment owners' committee.

CPH

SB 2708

Waives the three year buyback provision until 12/11/04 (at which time the buyback returns to ten years).

CPH

SB 2513

Requires continuing education of architects for relicensure.

CPH

SB 2727

Clarifies that the provisions of the licensing laws or rules prevail and that chapter 436B shall only apply whenever the provisions of the licensing laws or rules for the respective profession or vocation are silent.

CPH

Chair