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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

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

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

 6        Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
 7        "Manufactured  home" is synonymous with "mobile home" and
 8    means a structure that  is  a  factory-assembled,  completely
 9    integrated  structure designed for permanent habitation, with
10    a permanent chassis and  so  constructed  as  to  permit  its
11    transport,  on  wheels temporarily or permanently attached to
12    its  frame,  from  the  place  of  its  construction  to  the
13    location, or subsequent locations, at which it is placed on a
14    support  system  for  use  as  a  permanent  habitation,  and
15    designed and situated so as to  permit  its  occupancy  as  a
16    dwelling   place   for   one   or   more  persons.  The  term
17    "manufactured home" includes manufactured  homes  constructed
18    after  June  30, 1976 in accordance with the federal National
19    Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
20    1974 and does not  include  an  immobilized  mobile  home  as
21    defined in Section 2.10 of the Mobile Home Park Act.
22        "Mobile  home  park"  means  a tract of land or 2 or more
23    contiguous  tracts  of  land  that  contain  sites  with  the
24    necessary utilities for 5 or more manufactured  homes  either
25    free of charge or for revenue purposes.
26        "Permanent  foundation", for a manufactured home, means a
27    continuous perimeter foundation of material such as  mortared
28    concrete block, mortared brick, or concrete that extends into
29    the ground below the established frost depth and to which the
30    home  is secured with foundation bolts at least one-half inch
31    in diameter, spaced at intervals of no more than 6  feet  and
 
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 1    within  one  foot  of  the  corners,  and embedded at least 7
 2    inches into concrete foundations  or  15  inches  into  block
 3    foundations.

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

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