227.570 Construction and installation standards and requirements for manufactured homes, mobile homes, and previously owned recreational vehicles -- Certified installer seal -- Inspection -- Fees

(1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to: (a) Establish a process for certifying installers, licensing retailers, and issuing certificates of acceptability to qualifying manufacturers pursuant to KRS 227.550 to 227.660; (b) Establish and enforce standards and requirements for the installation of plumbing, heating, and electrical systems in manufactured homes and mobile homes and for previously owned recreational vehicles as it determines are reasonably necessary in order to protect the health and safety of the occupants and the public; and (c) Establish and enforce standards and requirements for the body and frame design, construction, and installation of manufactured homes and mobile homes as it determines are reasonably necessary in order to protect the health and safety of the occupants and the public

(2) All installations of manufactured homes and mobile homes shall be performed: (a) By an installer certified by the department; and (b) In accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, if available, or the current ANSI standard or the generally accepted industry standard as adopted by the department through the promulgation of an administrative regulation. (3) A certified installer shall apply for a certified installer seal prior to installing a manufactured home or a mobile home. The department shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish a schedule of fees and the requirements for purchase and application of the seal, report procedures, and attachment of the certified installer seal

(4) The installation of a new manufactured home shall be inspected under subsection (3) of this section. The retailer of the inspected property shall pay a new manufactured home installation inspection fee in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150)

(5) The department shall specify the new manufactured home installation fee established in subsection (4) of this section through the promulgation of an administrative regulation. The department may increase the fee, but by no more than ten percent (10) per year, and at no time shall the fee exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150)

(6) All fees received by the department under this section shall be deposited in the trust and agency fund specified in KRS 227.620(5)

Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 74, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 414, effective July 15, 2010; and ch. 31, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2009. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 5, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 340, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 4. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 3

Legislative Research Commission Note (6/29/2017). In subsection (5) of this statute, a reference to "subsection (5) of this section" has been changed in codification to read "subsection (4) of this section." When this statute was amended in 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 74, some of its subsections were renumbered, but a corresponding change was not made in the existing reference to subsection (5). The Reviser of Statutes has made this correction under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(e)

Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). A reference to the "office" of the state fire marshal in subsection (7) of this section, as amended by 2010 Ky

Acts ch. 31, sec. 1, has been changed in codification to the "department" of housing, buildings and construction to reflect the reorganization of certain parts of the Executive Branch, as set forth in Executive Order 2009-535 and confirmed by the General Assembly in 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24. This change was made by the Reviser of Statutes pursuant to 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1938