Sec. 32. (a) A governmental body other than the state department of health may not license or regulate mobile home communities, except for the following:

(1) Local boards may enforce the standards of health and sanitation prescribed for mobile homes, manufactured homes, and mobile home communities by the state department.

(2) County and municipal authorities within their respective jurisdictions have jurisdiction regarding zoning and building codes and ordinances pertaining to mobile home communities.

(3) Local boards may regulate the construction and operation of groups of a combined total of not more than four (4) mobile homes and manufactured homes, in accordance with standards that are compatible with standards set by the state department for mobile home communities.

(b) A governmental body other than the state department of health may not regulate mobile homes or manufactured homes regarding habitability or minimum housing conditions unless the regulation is applicable in the same manner to other forms of residential housing in the jurisdiction.

(c) A governmental body may not regulate or restrict the use, occupancy, movement, or relocation of a mobile home or manufactured home based upon the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.

(d) A government body may not regulate or restrict the ability of a:

(1) mobile home community:

(A) owner; or

(B) manager; or

(2) manufactured home community:

(A) owner; or

(B) manager;

to obtain a dealer's license or to sell a mobile home or manufactured home located within the owner's or manager's mobile home community or manufactured housing community.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-38.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.87-2005, SEC.28; P.L.136-2017, SEC.3.