§ 10 §9002 — Definitions

Maine § 10 §9002

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
• Part 11: HOUSING
• Ch. 951: MANUFACTURED HOUSING ACT

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings.
1.
Board.
"Board" means the Manufactured Housing Board.
2.
Dealer.
"Dealer" means a person engaged in the sale, offering for sale, brokering or distribution of manufactured housing to a licensed dealer, developer dealer or consumer.
2-A.
Developer dealer.
"Developer dealer" means a person who purchases state-certified manufactured housing from a licensed manufacturer or dealer for placement on property owned by the developer dealer and who offers the manufactured housing for sale to the initial purchaser of the manufactured housing. The developer dealer may not install such manufactured housing but may contract with the manufacturer or dealer for the installation of such manufactured housing.
2-B.
Educational facility.
"Educational facility" means an academic institution providing education designed to provide career and technical training to its students through the construction of manufactured homes. "Educational facility" includes but is not limited to career or technical schools, high schools and postsecondary programs.
3.
Federal manufactured home construction and safety standard.
"Federal manufactured home construction and safety standard" means the standard for the construction, design and performance of a manufactured home that meets the needs of the public including the need for quality, durability and safety and that has been duly adopted by the Federal Government pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, 42 United States Code, Section 5401, et seq.
4.
H.U.D.
"H.U.D." means United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a federal governmental agency.
5.
Inspection agency.
"Inspection agency" means an approved person or organization, public or private, determined by the board to be qualified by reason of facilities, personnel and demonstrated ability and independence of judgment to provide for inspection and approval of the design, construction or installation of manufactured housing in compliance with the standards and the rules adopted in accordance with this Act.
6.
Installation.
"Installation" means:
6-A.
Installer.
"Installer" means a person engaged in the installation or servicing of state-certified manufactured housing.
7.
Manufactured housing.
"Manufactured housing" means a structural unit or units designed to be used as a dwelling or dwellings and constructed in a manufacturing facility and then transported by the use of its own chassis or placement on an independent chassis to a building site. The term includes any type of building that is constructed at a manufacturing facility and then transported to a building site where it is utilized for housing and that may be purchased, sold, offered for sale or brokered by a licensee in the interim. For purposes of this Act, 3 types of manufactured housing are included. They are:
8.
Manufacturer.
"Manufacturer" means any person engaged in manufacturing or producing manufactured housing and then selling it to a dealer.
9.
Mechanic.
"Mechanic" means an individual engaged in the installation or servicing of HUD-code or pre-HUD-code homes.
10.
Mobile home.
11.
Modular home.
12.
Person.
"Person" means an individual or entity, including but not limited to a corporation, partnership, firm, organization, company, homeowner, consumer or purchaser.

Legislative History

PL 1977, c. 550, §1 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 365 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 436 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 152, §§2-7 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 642, §9 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 260, §A1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 344, §§1-5 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. B, §§2-7 (AMD).