Authority of Commissioner; Policy and Purpose

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Buildings and Housing
  4. Standards and Requirements for Construction, and Alteration, of Buildings and Other Structures
  5. Factory Built Buildings and Dwelling Units
  6. Manufactured Homes
  7. Authority of Commissioner; Policy and Purpose

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  1. The Commissioner is authorized and empowered to contract or enter into cooperative agreements with any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States; any agency, board, department, or commission of the state; any county, municipality, or local government of the state, or any combination of same; any public or private corporation or firm, or any persons whatsoever; or any public authority, agency, commission, or institution to participate in the enforcement of manufactured home construction and safety standards which may be promulgated pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq.; provided, however, that the Commissioner shall notify the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development by July 1 of his or her intention to terminate any such contract or agreement, which termination shall become effective on July 1 of the following year.
  2. It is the policy of this state and purpose of this part to forbid the manufacture and sale of new manufactured homes which are not constructed in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq.
  3. The Commissioner is authorized and empowered to issue and promulgate all rules and procedures which in his or her judgment are necessary and desirable to make effective the construction standards established by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq.

(Ga. L. 1968, p. 415, § 3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 4, § 3; Ga. L. 1977, p. 879, § 1; Code 1981, §8-2-132; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1376, §§ 2, 7; Ga. L. 2004, p. 607, § 1.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2004, in subsection (a), "corporation or" was substituted for "corporation," near the beginning and "agreement, which" was substituted for "agreement which" near the end.

Administrative Rules and Regulations.

- Rules and regulations for manufactured homes, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Comptroller General, Rules of Safety Fire Commissioner, Chapter 120-3-7.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Part not intended to regulate used manufactured homes.

- O.C.G.A. § 8-2-132(a) clearly evinces intent of General Assembly to regulate new mobile (now manufactured) homes and makes no mention of any intent to regulate used mobile homes. 1981 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U81-15.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- What is "mobile home," "house trailer," "trailer house," or "trailer" within meaning of restrictive covenant, 83 A.L.R.5th 651.


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