Sen. James F. Clayborne Jr.
Filed: 5/14/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1142
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1142 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Modular Housing Buyer Protection Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 7 | "Consumer" means an individual who purchases a new modular | ||||||
| 8 | housing unit from the
seller for primarily personal, household, | ||||||
| 9 | or family purposes.
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| 10 | "Express warranty" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||
| 11 | the Uniform Commercial Code.
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| 12 | "Modular home" means factory built housing regulated by the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois Department of Public Health that consists of a | ||||||
| 14 | building assembly or system of building sub-assemblies, | ||||||
| 15 | designed for habitation as a dwelling for one or more persons, | ||||||
| 16 | including the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, | ||||||
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| 1 | ventilating, and other service systems, which is of closed or | ||||||
| 2 | open construction and which is made or assembled by a | ||||||
| 3 | manufacturer, on or off the building site, for installation, or | ||||||
| 4 | assembly and installation, on the building site with a | ||||||
| 5 | permanent foundation.
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| 6 | Section 10. State-approved modular housing units; | ||||||
| 7 | state-approved seals; construction requirements. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The state-approved modular dwelling unit must comply | ||||||
| 9 | with all applicable Illinois statutes pertaining to modular | ||||||
| 10 | dwelling units. Failure to comply with any provisions of the | ||||||
| 11 | prevailing statutes shall constitute sufficient grounds for | ||||||
| 12 | suspension, revocation, or refusal to grant approval to a | ||||||
| 13 | manufacturer or an authorized inspection agency. These actions | ||||||
| 14 | shall be governed by the Department of Public Health's Rules of | ||||||
| 15 | Practice and Procedure in Administrative Hearings (77 Ill. Adm. | ||||||
| 16 | Code 100). | ||||||
| 17 | (b) An approved modular housing unit shall have a yellow | ||||||
| 18 | seal on the electrical panel box of the home or on the inside | ||||||
| 19 | of the kitchen sink cabinet. | ||||||
| 20 | (c) Unlike manufactured homes, the local building official | ||||||
| 21 | may require additional items other than the minimum State | ||||||
| 22 | requirements to be incorporated into the construction. | ||||||
| 23 | Section 15. Application of Act. This Act shall apply to | ||||||
| 24 | modular housing sold after the effective date of this Act.".
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