Oregon Statutes - Chapter 455 - Building Code - Section 455.312 - Exemption from code of residential prefabricated structures for out-of-state delivery.

(1) For a residential prefabricated structure manufactured in this state and intended for delivery in another state, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may not require that:

(a) The prefabricated structure conform to the state building code.

(b) An inspector provide plan approvals and inspections pursuant to ORS 455.715 to 455.740.

(c) A person licensed under ORS 479.630, 693.060 or 693.103 perform electrical or plumbing installations in the prefabricated structure.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section exempts a person that is renting, leasing, selling, exchanging, installing or offering for rent, lease, sale, exchange or installation a residential prefabricated structure from meeting the insignia of compliance or certification stamp requirements prescribed under ORS 455.705 if the prefabricated structure is delivered in or relocated to this state. [2005 c.310 §2; 2005 c.758 §42b]

Note: 455.312 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 455 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Note: Sections 6 and 8, chapter 310, Oregon Laws 2005, provide:

Sec. 6. (1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall collect the information, if any, supplied by industry sources in this state regarding the manufacture of prefabricated structures intended for delivery in other states. The types of information to be collected by the department shall include:

(a) The applied and potential capacity of manufacturers to produce residential prefabricated structures in this state;

(b) The number of persons the manufacturer employs in this state to produce residential prefabricated structures intended for delivery in other states;

(c) The number of residential prefabricated structures produced in this state intended for delivery in other states; and

(d) Any information the department determines to be useful for assessing the effect or potential effect of section 2 of this 2005 Act [455.312] on employment levels in this state.

(2) The department shall biennially report any information collected by the department under this section to the Legislative Assembly. The department shall submit the report to the Legislative Assembly as provided in ORS 192.245 no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year. [2005 c.310 §6]

Sec. 8. Section 6 of this 2005 Act is repealed January 2, 2012. [2005 c.310 §8]

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