SB2359 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2359

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 120/7 new
430 ILCS 120/25 new

Amends the Illinois Manufactured Home Installers 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. Provides that the permanent foundation must meet or exceed the requirements for a permanent foundation as defined in this amendatory Act or by federal rule. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public safety.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Manufactured Home Installers Act is amended by adding Sections 7 and 25 as follows:

(430 ILCS 120/7 new)

Sec. 7. 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.

(430 ILCS 120/25 new)

Sec. 25. 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 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly 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 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly or as defined by rule of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.