02-385
MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD
2011 - 2012 Regulatory Agenda
September 8, 2011
Corrected April 17, 2012
AGENCY UMBRELLA-UNIT NUMBER: 02-385
AGENCY NAME: Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Manufactured Housing Board
The following amended 2011-2012 regulatory agenda for the Manufactured Housing Board replaces the board’s original 2011-2012 regulatory agenda, dated September 8, 2011, in its entirety.
AGENCY UMBRELLA-UNIT NUMBER: 02-385
AGENCY NAME: Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Manufactured Housing Board
CONTACT PERSON: Robert LeClair, Executive Director, Office of Licensing and Registration, 35 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone:(207) 624-8678. E-mail: .
EMERGENCY RULES ADOPTED SINCE THE LAST REGULATORY AGENDA: None
EXPECTED 2011-2012 RULE-MAKING ACTIVITY:
CHAPTER 110: Rules for the State Certification of Manufactured Housing
STATUTORY BASIS: 10 M.R.S.A. §§9005-A, 9041, 9042
PURPOSE: The revision of Ch. 110 updates the building codes and standards applicable to construction of state-certified modular homes, increases minimum insulation R-values, snow load and wind load requirements applicable to construction of state certified modular homes, provides a uniform appeal procedure from decisions of an approved inspection agency or the board’s executive director, deletes the provisions relating to interstate reciprocity, reorganizes the chapter for clarity, and eliminates unnecessary or obsolete provisions. It is unnecessary to propose the inclusion of alternative dispute resolution techniques in connection with the appeal procedure set forth in the revised Ch. 110.
SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTION: July 2012
AFFECTED PARTIES: Licensees and the general public
CONSENSUS-BASED RULE DEVELOPMENT: not contemplated
CHAPTER 350: Licensing – Scope of Practice, Obligations of Licensees, Prohibited Practices
STATUTORY BASIS: 10 M.R.S.A. §§9005-A, 9021
PURPOSE: The amendment to Ch. 350 authorizes a manufactured housing dealer to install and service manufactured housing sold by another dealer.
SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTION: July 2012
AFFECTED PARTIES: Licensees and the general public
CONSENSUS-BASED RULE DEVELOPMENT: not contemplated
CHAPTER 820: Definitions
STATUTORY BASIS: 10 M.R.S.A. §§9005-A, 9085
PURPOSE: The amendment to Ch. 820 corrects an error in the 2009 amendment to that chapter relating to the definition of “home” as it applies to manufactured housing communities.
SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTION: July 2012
AFFECTED PARTIES: Licensees and the general public
CONSENSUS-BASED RULE DEVELOPMENT: not contemplated
CHAPTER 890: Manufactured Housing Installation Standards
STATUTORY BASIS: 10 M.R.S.A. §§9005-A, 9006
PURPOSE: The amendment to Ch. 890 adds a procedure for scheduling the pre-occupancy inspections of new HUD-code homes required by that chapter.
SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTION: July 2012
AFFECTED PARTIES: Licensees and the general public
CONSENSUS-BASED RULE DEVELOPMENT: not contemplated