Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9063

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Manufactured housing: means for the purpose of this subchapter, a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width, and 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that the term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this subsection except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 United States Code 5401, et seq. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • State administrative agency: means the department that has been approved or conditionally approved to carry out the state plan for enforcement of the standards pursuant to section 623 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383, 42 United States Code § 5422 and Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 3282, Subpart G. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
The commissioner is authorized to issue, amend and revoke rules as necessary to implement all procedures required of a state administrative agency pursuant to 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Paragraph 3282 and 42 United States Code §§ 5401 to 5426, including the implementation of a consumer complaint handling process and the holding of hearings. In the event of a conflict between this chapter and the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 involving the state administrative agency program, the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 prevails. [PL 1995, c. 353, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 642, §32 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 353, §2 (AMD).