This chapter interprets and makes specific the provisions
of the act. This chapter establishes administrative procedures for the
implementation of the act, which comply with the National Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.A. §§
5401-5426) and the Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards. More specifically, this chapter is intended
to achieve the following objectives:
(1) Designate appropriate training programs
for those persons that install manufactured homes, to provide them with a
thorough understanding of manufactured home construction and to assure that the
manufactured homes they install comply with the act, the Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards and the UCC, as applicable.
(2) Establish a system to certify those
persons who successfully complete the training program as installers of
manufactured homes.
(3) Provide
training for those persons who inspect manufactured home installations under
the act, the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards and the
UCC.
(4) Provide that manufactured
home construction, installations and completion onsite be performed in a manner
consistent with the home manufacturer's DAPIA approved designs and provide
suitable alternatives when the manufacturer's approved designs are not
available for a relocated manufactured home.
(5) Establish a mechanism to verify to the
Department, building code officials and purchasers that manufactured homes are
completed and installed by an installer of manufactured homes who was certified
by the Department and that the homes comply with the Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standards and applicable building codes.
(6) Establish appropriate fees for the
educational programs, testing and certification of installers of manufactured
homes.
(7) Establish procedures for
the Department to issue warnings, suspensions, revocations or monetary fines
against persons who violate the act or this chapter.