SB1273 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1273

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Manufactured Home Installation Act. Provides that a manufactured home installed on private property that is not a mobile home park must be installed so that it rests wholly on a permanent foundation. Sets forth requirements for permanent foundations. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning housing.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Manufactured Home Installation Act.

Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Manufactured home" is synonymous with "mobile home" and means a structure that is a factory-assembled, completely integrated structure designed for permanent habitation, with a permanent chassis and so constructed as to permit its transport, on wheels temporarily or permanently attached to its frame, from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is placed on a support system for use as a permanent habitation, and designed and situated so as to permit its occupancy as a dwelling place for one or more persons. The term "manufactured home" includes manufactured homes constructed after June 30, 1976 in accordance with the federal National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and does not include an immobilized mobile home as defined in Section 2.10 of the Mobile Home Park Act.

"Mobile home park" means a tract of land or 2 or more contiguous tracts of land that contain sites with the necessary utilities for 5 or more manufactured homes either free of charge or for revenue purposes.

"Permanent foundation", for a manufactured home, means a continuous perimeter foundation of material such as mortared concrete block, mortared brick, or concrete that extends into the ground below the established frost depth and to which the home is secured with foundation bolts at least one-half inch in diameter, spaced at intervals of no more than 6 feet and within one foot of the corners, and embedded at least 7 inches into concrete foundations or 15 inches into block foundations.

Section 10. Installation requirements. A manufactured home installed on private property that is not in a mobile home park on or after the effective date of this Act must be installed so that it rests wholly on a permanent foundation. The permanent foundation must meet or exceed the requirements for a permanent foundation as defined in this Act.

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.