(430 ILCS 115/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 502)
(Text of Section from P.A. 98-749)
Sec. 2. Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words and terms when used in this Act, for the purpose of this Act, shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Manufactured home" means a manufactured home as defined in subdivision (53) of Section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code. "Mobile home" means a factory-assembled, completely integrated structure, constructed on or before June 30, 1976, 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, that is a movable or portable unit that is constructed to be towed on its own chassis (comprised of frame and wheels) from the place of its construction to the location, or subsequent locations, at which it is connected to utilities for year-round occupancy 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 terms "manufactured home" and "mobile home" shall include units otherwise meeting their respective definitions containing parts that may be folded, collapsed, or telescoped when being towed and that may be expected to provide additional cubic capacity, and that are designed to be joined into one integral unit capable of being separated again into the components for repeated towing. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured home" exclude campers and recreational vehicles. The terms "mobile home" and "manufactured home" do not include modular homes or manufactured housing units.
(b) "Person" means a person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity.
(c) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures mobile homes or manufactured housing at the place or places, either on or away from the building site, at which machinery, equipment and other capital goods are assembled and operated for the purpose of making, fabricating, forming or assembling mobile homes or manufactured housing.
(d) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
(e) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health.
(f) "Dealer" means any person, other than a manufacturer, as defined in this Act, who sells 3 or more mobile homes or manufactured housing units in any consecutive 12-month period.
(g) "Codes" means the safety codes for manufactured housing and mobile homes promulgated by the Department. The Codes shall contain the standards and requirements for manufactured housing and mobile homes so that adequate performance for the intended use is made the test of acceptability. The Code of Standards shall permit the use of new and used technology, techniques, methods and materials, for both manufactured housing and mobile homes, consistent with recognized and accepted codes and standards developed by the International Code Council (ICC) or by the organizations that formed the ICC in 1994: Building Officials and Code Administrators, the International Conference of Building Officials, the Southern Building Codes Congress International, the National Fire Protection Association, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the American National Standards Institute, the Illinois State Plumbing Code, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, hereinafter referred to as "HUD", applying to manufactured housing and mobile homes installed and set up according to the manufacturer's instructions. A copy of said safety codes, including said revisions thereof is on file with the Department.
(h) "Seal" means a device or insignia issued by the Department to be displayed on the exterior of the mobile home or the interior of a manufactured housing unit or modular home to evidence compliance with the applicable safety code.
(i) "Modular home" means a building assembly or system of building sub-assemblies, designed for habitation as a dwelling for one or more persons, including the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating and other service systems, which is of closed or open construction and which is made or assembled by a manufacturer, on or off the building site, for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site, installed and set up according to the manufacturer's instructions on an approved foundation and support system. The construction of modular dwelling units located in Illinois is regulated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(j) "Closed construction" is any building, component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions cannot readily be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof.
(k) "Open construction" is any building, component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions can be readily inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof.
(l) "Approved foundation and support system" means, for a modular home or modular dwelling unit, a closed perimeter formation consisting of materials such as concrete, mortared concrete block, or mortared brick extending into the ground below the frost line which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, cellars, basements, or crawl spaces, and does include the use of piers supporting the marriage wall of the home that extend below the frost line.
(m) "Code compliance certificate" means the certificate provided by the manufacturer to the Department that warrants that the manufactured housing unit or mobile home complies with the applicable code.
(n) "Manufactured housing", "manufactured housing unit", "modular dwelling", and "modular home" shall not be confused with "manufactured home" or "mobile home".
(Source: P.A. 98-749, eff. 7-16-14.)
(Text of Section from P.A. 98-959)
Sec. 2. Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words and terms when used in this Act, for the purpose of this Act, shall have the following meanings:
(a) (Blank).
(b) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, association, trust, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, county, municipality, the State of Illinois, or any political subdivision or department thereof, or any other entity.
(c) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures mobile structures or modular dwellings at the place or places, either on or away from the building site, at which machinery, equipment, and other capital goods are assembled and operated for the purpose of making, fabricating, forming, or assembling mobile structures or modular dwellings.
(d) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
(e) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health.
(f) (Blank).
(g) "Codes" means the safety codes for modular dwellings and mobile structures adopted by the Department and is synonymous with "rules". The Codes shall contain the standards and requirements for modular dwellings and mobile structures so that adequate performance for the intended use is made the test of acceptability. The Code of Standards shall permit the use of new technology, techniques, methods and materials, for both modular dwellings and mobile structures, consistent with recognized and accepted codes and standards developed by the International Code Council (ICC) or by the organizations that formed the ICC in 1994, the National Fire Protection Association, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the American National Standards Institute, and the Illinois State Plumbing Code.
(h) "Seal" means a device or insignia issued by the Department to be displayed on the exterior of the mobile structure or the interior of a modular dwelling unit to evidence compliance with the applicable safety code.
(i) "Modular dwelling" means a building assembly or system of building sub-assemblies, designed for habitation as a dwelling for one or more persons, including the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating and other service systems, which is of closed construction and which is made or assembled by a manufacturer, on or off the building site, for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site, installed and set up according to the manufacturer's instructions on an approved foundation and support system. The construction of modular dwelling units located in Illinois is regulated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(j) "Closed construction" is any building, component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions cannot readily be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof.
(k) (Blank).
(l) "Approved foundation and support system" means, for a modular dwelling unit, a closed perimeter formation consisting of materials such as concrete, mortared concrete block, mortared brick, steel, or treated lumber extending into the ground below the frost line which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, cellars, basements, or crawl spaces, and does include the use of piers supporting the marriage wall of the home that extend below the frost line.
(m) "Code compliance certificate" means the certificate provided by the manufacturer to the Department that warrants that the modular dwelling unit or mobile structure complies with the applicable code.
(n) "Mobile structure" means a movable or portable unit, which, when assembled, is 8 feet or more in width and is 32 body feet in length, constructed to be towed on its own chassis (comprised of frame and wheels), and designed for occupancy with or without a permanent foundation. "Mobile structure" includes units designed to be used for multi-family residential, commercial, educational, or industrial purposes, excluding, however, recreational vehicles and single family residences.
(Source: P.A. 98-959, eff. 8-15-14.)
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