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.