210 ILCS 120/ Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act.

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210 ILCS 120/1

(210 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4401)

Sec. 1.

This Act may be cited as the

Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

210 ILCS 120/2

(210 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4402)

Sec. 2.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms
have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:

a. "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health;

b. "installer" means any person who anchors or ties down a mobile home;

c.  "person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership,
association or other entity;

d.  "tiedown equipment" means any fixtures or equipment which is used for
the purpose of securing the mobile home to the supporting foundation, to
the ground, or to any other type of structure; and

e.  "mobile home park" means a tract of land or 2 or more contiguous
tracts of land upon which contain sites with the necessary utilities for 5
or more independent mobile homes for permanent habitation either free of
charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure,
vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment
of such mobile home park.  Separate ownership of continuous tracts of land
shall not preclude the tracts of land from common licensure as a mobile
home park if they are maintained and operated jointly.  Neither an
immobilized mobile home nor a motorized recreational vehicle shall be
construed as being a part of a mobile home park.

(Source: P.A. 86-595.)

210 ILCS 120/3

(210 ILCS 120/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4403)

Sec. 3.

The Department shall promulgate standards and regulations for
the manufacture, sale and use of equipment used for the tiedown of mobile
homes installed in this State. Such standards and regulations shall not
prohibit any mobile home owner from installing his own tiedown equipment so
long as such equipment and the installation procedures are in compliance
with this Act and any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.

(Source: P.A. 86-595.)

210 ILCS 120/4

(210 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4404)

Sec. 4.

No person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or cause to be sold or
offered for sale any tiedown equipment which does not meet or exceed the
standards promulgated
by the Department in accordance with this Act.

(Source: P.A. 81-587.)

210 ILCS 120/5

(210 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4405)

Sec. 5.

The owner of each mobile home installed in Illinois on or after
January 1, 1980, or which is moved from one lot to another after that date,
shall be responsible to insure that approved tiedown equipment is obtained
and used to secure the mobile home to the surface upon which it is to rest
when occupied.  After January 1, 1990, the owner of each mobile home park
shall make available to the owner of any mobile home moved within or into
their mobile home park with a copy of the Mobile Home Owner's Tiedown Guide
pamphlet prepared by the Department.  This pamphlet shall be made available
to the homeowner prior to the installation of the home.  The Department
shall be responsible for providing these pamphlets to each mobile home park
owner.  The installer of such equipment shall secure the mobile home in
accordance with this Act and all rules and regulations promulgated under
the authority of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-595.)

210 ILCS 120/6

(210 ILCS 120/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4406)

Sec. 6.

Any person who violates any provision of this Act or of a rule or regulation
promulgated thereunder is guilty of a business offense, and shall be fined
$100 for each violation.

a. Each day on which tiedown equipment is offered for sale in violation
of Section 4 of this
Act constitutes a separate offense.

b. Each mobile home installed in violation of Section 5 constitutes a
separate offense.

(Source: P.A. 81-587.)

210 ILCS 120/7

(210 ILCS 120/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4407)

Sec. 7.

The Department shall have the authority to enter at reasonable
times upon a private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and
investigating conditions related to the enforcement of this Act and the
regulations issued hereunder.

(Source: P.A. 86-595.)