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  • (1) "Compliance agency" is as defined in Section 15A-1-202.
  • (2) "Factory built housing" means a manufactured home or mobile home.
  • (3) "Factory built housing set-up contractor" means an individual licensed by the division to set up or install factory built housing on a temporary or permanent basis.
  • (4) "HUD Code" means the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401 et seq.
  • (5) "Local regulator" is as defined in Section 15A-1-202.
  • (6) "Manufactured home" means a transportable factory built housing unit constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the HUD Code, in one or more sections, that:
    • (a) in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 400 or more square feet; and
    • (b) is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
  • (7) "Mobile home" means a transportable factory built housing unit built before June 15, 1976, in accordance with a state mobile home code which existed prior to the HUD Code.
  • (8) "Modular unit" means a structure:
    • (a) built from sections that are manufactured in accordance with the State Construction Code and transported to a building site; and
    • (b) the purpose of which is for human habitation, occupancy, or use.
  • (9) "State regulator" is as defined in Section 15A-1-202.




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