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| Public Act 102-0526 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Modular Dwelling and Mobile | ||||
Structure Safety Act is amended by changing Section 2 as | ||||
follows:
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(430 ILCS 115/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 502)
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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:
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(a) (Blank).
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(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.
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(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.
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(d) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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(e) "Director" means the Director of the Department of | ||
Public
Health.
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(f) (Blank).
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(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, provided that the structural | ||
requirements adopted for modular dwellings shall be no more | ||
stringent than the requirements contained in the most recent | ||
edition of the International Residential Code for One- and | ||
Two-Family Dwellings or the International Building Code, as | ||
applicable. 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
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Association, the International Association of Plumbing and | ||
Mechanical
Officials, the American National Standards | ||
Institute, the Illinois Energy Conservation Code, and the | ||
Illinois State
Plumbing Code.
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(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.
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(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
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systems, which is of closed construction and which is made or
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assembled by a manufacturer, on or off the building site, for
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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.
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(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.
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(k) (Blank).
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(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,
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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.
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(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.
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(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. 98-749, eff. 7-16-14; 98-959, eff. 8-15-14; | ||
99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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