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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2427 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF FACTORY-BUILT STRUCTURES, THE 1 5 RELOCATION OF FACTORY-BUILT STRUCTURES, THE CERTIFICATION 1 6 OF INSTALLERS OF MANUFACTURED HOMES AND PROVIDING FOR A FEE, 1 7 AN APPROPRIATION, AND A CIVIL PENALTY. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. Section 103A.3, subsection 8, Code 1999, is 1 12 amended to read as follows: 1 13 8. "Factory-built structure" means any structure which is, 1 14 wholly or in substantial part, made, fabricated, formed, or 1 15 assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation or 1 16 assembly and installation, on a building site. "Factory-built 1 17 structure" includes thetermterms "mobile home"as defined in1 18section 435.1, "manufactured home", and "modular home". 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 103A.3, Code l999, is amended by adding 1 20 the following new subsection: 1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 15A. "Manufactured home", "mobile home", 1 22 and "modular home" mean the same as defined in section 435.1. 1 23 Sec. 3. Section 103A.9, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 1 24 amended to read as follows: 1 25 4. All factory-built structures, without regard to 1 26 manufacture date, shall be installed in accordance with the 1 27 code in the governmental subdivisions which have adopted the 1 28 state building code or any other building code. However, a 1 29 governmental subdivision shall not require that a factory- 1 30 built structure, that was manufactured in accordance with 1 31 federally mandated standards, be renovated in accordance with 1 32 the state building code or any other building code which the 1 33 governmental subdivision has adopted when the factory-built 1 34 structure is being moved from one lawful locationwithin the1 35stateto another unless such required renovation is in 2 1 conformity with those specifications for the factory-built 2 2 structure which existed when it was manufactured or the 2 3 factory-built structure is being rented for occupancy. 2 4 Existing factory-built structures not constructed to be in 2 5 compliance with federally mandated standards may be moved from 2 6 one established mobile home park to anotherwithin the state2 7 and shall not be required to be renovated to comply with the 2 8 state building code or any other building code which the 2 9 governmental subdivision has adopted unless the factory-built 2 10 structure is being rented for occupancy or has been declared a 2 11 public nuisance according to standards generally applied to 2 12 housing. 2 13 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 103A.26 MANUFACTURED HOME 2 14 INSTALLERS CERTIFICATION – VIOLATION – CIVIL ACTION AND 2 15 PENALTY. 2 16 1. a. A person who installs a manufactured home for 2 17 another person shall be certified in accordance with rules 2 18 adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 17A. The 2 19 commissioner may assess a fee sufficient to recover the costs 2 20 of administering the certification of manufactured home 2 21 installers. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the 2 22 certification of a manufactured home installer for failure to 2 23 perform installation of a manufactured home, pursuant to 2 24 certification standards as provided by rules of the 2 25 commissioner. 2 26 b. Notwithstanding section 103A.23, all fees collected by 2 27 the commissioner for the administration of the manufactured 2 28 home program shall be credited to the general fund of the 2 29 state and are appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose 2 30 of administering this program including the employment of 2 31 personnel for the enforcement and administration of this 2 32 program. 2 33 2. If a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted 2 34 pursuant to this chapter relating to the manufacture or 2 35 installation of a manufactured home is violated, the 3 1 commissioner may assess a civil penalty not to exceed one 3 2 thousand dollars for each offense. Each violation involving a 3 3 separate manufactured home, or a separate failure or refusal 3 4 to allow or perform an act required by this chapter, or a rule 3 5 adopted pursuant to this chapter constitutes a separate 3 6 offense. However, the maximum amount of civil penalties which 3 7 may be assessed for any series of violations occurring within 3 8 one year from the date of the first violation shall not exceed 3 9 one million dollars. 3 10 3. A person who is injured in person or property by reason 3 11 of another person's violation of any of the standards adopted 3 12 pursuant to this chapter for the installation of a 3 13 manufactured home may bring a civil action for actual damages 3 14 against the violator. 3 15 3 16 3 17 3 18 MARY E. KRAMER 3 19 President of the Senate 3 20 3 21 3 22 3 23 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 24 Speaker of the House 3 25 3 26 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 27 is known as Senate File 2427, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 31 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 3 32 Secretary of the Senate 3 33 Approved , 2000 3 34 3 35 4 1 4 2 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 3 Governor
Text: SF02426 Text: SF02428 Text: SF02400 - SF02499 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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