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