S 795 Session 111 (1995-1996)
S 0795 General Bill, By Lander
Similar(H 4064)
A Bill to amend Section 40-29-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1976, relating to definitions in the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured
Housing Act, so as to define "mobile home" and to revise the definition of
"manufactured home"; to amend Section 40-29-40, relating to state policy for
safety in construction of manufactured homes, so as to provide that this
Chapter also applies to mobile homes; and to amend Section 40-29-100, as
amended, relating to licensure to sell manufactured homes, so as to provide
that grounds for denying a license include criminal conduct and violation of
Chapter 29, Title 40.
04/27/95 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-4
04/27/95 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry SJ-4
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 40-29-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF
LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO
DEFINITIONS IN THE UNIFORM STANDARDS CODE FOR
MANUFACTURED HOUSING ACT, SO AS TO DEFINE
"MOBILE HOME" AND TO REVISE THE
DEFINITION OF "MANUFACTURED HOME"; TO
AMEND SECTION 40-29-40, RELATING TO STATE POLICY
FOR SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS CHAPTER ALSO
APPLIES TO MOBILE HOMES; AND TO AMEND SECTION
40-29-100, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LICENSURE TO
SELL MANUFACTURED HOMES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT
GROUNDS FOR DENYING A LICENSE INCLUDE CRIMINAL
CONDUCT AND VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 29, TITLE 40.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-29-20 of the 1976 Code, as last
amended by Section 900, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended by
adding an appropriately numbered item alphabetically to read:
"( ) `Mobile home' means a transportable structure that is
wholly, or in substantial part, made or assembled in a
manufacturing facility for installation or assembly on a building
site, designed to be used as a residence, and built before the
effective date of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1976 on June 15, 1976."
SECTION 2. Section 40-29-20(9) of the 1976 Code, as added
by Act 128 of 1989, is amended to read:
"(9) `Manufactured home' means a single-family
dwelling structure constructed in accordance with the
Federal Construction and Safety Standards Act on or after June 15,
1976 transportable in one or more sections, which, in the
traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width, or forty body
feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred
twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent
chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a
permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities,
and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and
electrical systems, furnishings, and appliances contained in
it or affixed to it as a part of the installation of the
home."
SECTION 3. Section 40-29-40 of the 1976 code, as added by
Act 128 of 1989, is amended by adding at the end :
"Unless clearly indicated otherwise, this chapter applies to
manufactured homes and mobile homes."
SECTION 4. Section 40-29-100 of the 1976 Code is amended
by adding at the end:
"(G) The board may deny a license to an applicant who
submits an application meeting the requirements of this chapter if
the applicant has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction
of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude. Further, the
board may deny a license to an applicant who previously had been
found by the board to be in violation of Section 40-29-150."
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the
Governor.
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