1. Adoption, administration and enforcement of standards. The department is charged with the adoption, administration and enforcement of manufactured housing construction and safety standards. The standards adopted must meet the standards adopted pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 United States Code §§ 5401 to 5426.

[PL 1995, c. 353, §3 (AMD).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9064

  • Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation or its employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • 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
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Rules. The department may adopt rules necessary to enforce the standards adopted under subsection 1.

[PL 1995, c. 353, §3 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 395, §A40 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 642, §33 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 353, §3 (AMD).