Sec. 1201.457. HABITABILITY: CHANGE TO OR FROM BUSINESS USE OR SALVAGE. (a) If the sale, exchange, or lease-purchase of a used manufactured home is to a purchaser for the purchaser's business use, the home is not required to be habitable. The purchaser of the home shall file with the department an application for the issuance of a statement of ownership and location indicating that the home is reserved for business use.
(b) If a used manufactured home is reserved for business use or salvaged, a person may not knowingly allow any person to occupy or use the home as a dwelling unless the director issues a new statement of ownership and location indicating that the home is no longer reserved for business use or salvage. On the purchaser's application to the department for issuance of a new statement of ownership and location, the department shall inspect the home and, if the department determines that the home is habitable, issue a new statement of ownership and location.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 32, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284 (H.B. 2438), Sec. 27, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284 (H.B. 2438), Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (H.B. 1460), Sec. 54, eff. January 1, 2008.
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