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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Modular Dwelling and Mobile | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Structure Safety Act is amended by changing Section 2 as | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (430 ILCS 115/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 502)
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8 | Sec. 2.
Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | the
following words and terms when used in this Act, for the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | purpose of this
Act, shall have the following meanings:
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11 | (a) (Blank).
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12 | (b) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | association, trust, partnership, limited liability company, | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | county, municipality, the State of Illinois, or any political | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | subdivision or department thereof, or any other entity.
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17 | (c) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | mobile structures or modular dwellings
at the place or places, | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | either on or away from the
building site, at which machinery, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | equipment, and other capital goods are
assembled and operated | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | for the purpose of making, fabricating, forming,
or assembling | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | mobile structures or modular dwellings.
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23 | (d) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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1 | (e) "Director" means the Director of the Department of | ||||||
2 | Public
Health.
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3 | (f) (Blank).
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4 | (g) "Codes" means the safety codes for modular dwellings | ||||||
5 | and
mobile structures adopted by the Department and is | ||||||
6 | synonymous with "rules". The Codes shall contain the
standards | ||||||
7 | and requirements for modular dwellings and mobile structures | ||||||
8 | so
that adequate performance for the intended use is made the | ||||||
9 | test of
acceptability , provided that the structural | ||||||
10 | requirements adopted for modular dwellings shall be no more | ||||||
11 | stringent than the requirements contained in the most recent | ||||||
12 | edition of the International Residential Code for One- and | ||||||
13 | Two-Family Dwellings or the International Building Code, as | ||||||
14 | applicable . The Code of Standards shall permit the use of new | ||||||
15 | technology, techniques, methods and materials, for both | ||||||
16 | modular dwellings
and mobile structures, consistent with | ||||||
17 | recognized and
accepted codes and standards developed by the | ||||||
18 | International Code Council (ICC) or by the organizations that | ||||||
19 | formed the ICC in 1994 , the National Fire Protection
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20 | Association, the International Association of Plumbing and | ||||||
21 | Mechanical
Officials, the American National Standards | ||||||
22 | Institute, the Illinois Energy Conservation Code, and the | ||||||
23 | Illinois State
Plumbing Code.
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24 | (h) "Seal" means a device or insignia issued by the | ||||||
25 | Department to be
displayed on the exterior of the mobile | ||||||
26 | structure or the interior of a modular dwelling
unit to |
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1 | evidence compliance with the applicable safety code.
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2 | (i) "Modular dwelling" means a
building assembly or system | ||||||
3 | of building sub-assemblies, designed for
habitation as a | ||||||
4 | dwelling for one or more persons, including the
necessary | ||||||
5 | electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating and other service
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6 | systems, which is of closed construction and which is made or
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7 | assembled by a manufacturer, on or off the building site, for
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8 | installation, or assembly and installation, on the building | ||||||
9 | site, installed and set up according to the manufacturer's | ||||||
10 | instructions on an approved foundation and support system. The | ||||||
11 | construction of modular dwelling units located in Illinois is | ||||||
12 | regulated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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13 | (j) "Closed construction" is any building, component, | ||||||
14 | assembly or
system manufactured in such a manner that all | ||||||
15 | portions cannot readily be
inspected at the installation site | ||||||
16 | without disassembly, damage to, or
destruction thereof.
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17 | (k) (Blank).
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18 | (l) "Approved foundation and support system" means, for a | ||||||
19 | modular dwelling unit, a closed perimeter formation
consisting | ||||||
20 | of materials such as concrete, mortared concrete block,
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21 | mortared brick, steel, or treated lumber extending into the | ||||||
22 | ground below the frost line which
shall include, but not | ||||||
23 | necessarily be limited to, cellars, basements, or
crawl | ||||||
24 | spaces, and does include the use of piers supporting the | ||||||
25 | marriage wall of the home that extend below the frost line.
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26 | (m) "Code compliance certificate" means the certificate |
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1 | provided by
the manufacturer to the Department that warrants | ||||||
2 | that the modular dwelling unit or mobile structure complies | ||||||
3 | with the applicable code.
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4 | (n) "Mobile structure" means a movable or portable unit, | ||||||
5 | which, when assembled, is 8 feet or more in width and is 32 | ||||||
6 | body feet in length, constructed to be towed on its own chassis | ||||||
7 | (comprised of frame and wheels), and designed for occupancy | ||||||
8 | with or without a permanent foundation. "Mobile structure" | ||||||
9 | includes units designed to be used for multi-family | ||||||
10 | residential, commercial, educational, or industrial purposes, | ||||||
11 | excluding, however, recreational vehicles and single family | ||||||
12 | residences. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 98-749, eff. 7-16-14; 98-959, eff. 8-15-14; | ||||||
14 | 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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