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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 185 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 OF 1 6 INSTALLERS OF MANUFACTURED HOMES, AND PROVIDING A FEE, AN 1 7 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 2001, 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 2001, 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 2001, 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 PENALTY. 2 15 1. a. A person who installs a manufactured home for 2 16 another person shall be certified in accordance with rules 2 17 adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 17A. The 2 18 commissioner may assess a fee sufficient to recover the costs 2 19 of administering the certification of manufactured home 2 20 installers. The commissioner may suspend or revoke the 2 21 certification of a manufactured home installer for failure to 2 22 perform installation of a manufactured home, pursuant to 2 23 certification standards as provided by rules of the 2 24 commissioner. 2 25 b. Notwithstanding section 103A.23, all fees collected by 2 26 the commissioner for the administration of the manufactured 2 27 home program shall be credited to the general fund of the 2 28 state and are appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose 2 29 of administering this certification program including the 2 30 employment of personnel for the enforcement and administration 2 31 of this program. 2 32 2. If a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted 2 33 pursuant to this chapter relating to the manufacture or 2 34 installation of a manufactured home is violated, the 2 35 commissioner may assess a civil penalty not to exceed one 3 1 thousand dollars for each offense. Each violation involving a 3 2 separate manufactured home, or a separate failure or refusal 3 3 to allow an act to be performed or to perform an act as 3 4 required by this chapter, or a rule adopted pursuant to this 3 5 chapter constitutes a separate offense. However, the maximum 3 6 amount of civil penalties which may be assessed for any series 3 7 of violations occurring within one year from the date of the 3 8 first violation shall not exceed one million dollars. 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 MARY E. KRAMER 3 13 President of the Senate 3 14 3 15 3 16 3 17 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 18 Speaker of the House 3 19 3 20 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 21 is known as Senate File 185, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 25 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 3 26 Secretary of the Senate 3 27 Approved , 2001 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 31 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 32 Governor
Text: SF00184 Text: SF00186 Text: SF00100 - SF00199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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