N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19 § 1210.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 1210.1 - Purpose and applicability

(a) Purpose. Article 21-B of the Executive Law (Executive Law, sections 600, et seq.) provides for the initial training, certification, and continuing education of manufacturers, retailers, installers, and mechanics of manufactured homes, establishes procedures for the resolution of disputes relating to manufactured homes, and otherwise implements the provisions of the Federal Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (PL 106-569). This Part implements the provisions of article 21-B of the Executive Law.

(b) Applicability. This Part applies to manufactured homes; to persons and business entities engaged in the manufacture, sale, installation and service of manufactured homes; to purchasers of manufactured homes; to resolution of disputes relating to manufactured homes; and to other matters that are subject to article 21-B of the Executive Law. The term manufactured home is defined in article 21-B of the Executive Law as follows: a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. The term shall include any structure that meets all of the requirements of this subdivision except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under title 42 of the United States Code; and except that such term shall not include any self-propelled recreational vehicle.

(c) Modular homes. This Part does not apply to "factory manufactured homes" (factory manufactured homes being commonly referred to as "modular homes"). Part 1209 of this Title (19 NYCRR sections 1209.1, et seq.) applies to factory manufactured homes. The term factory manufactured home is defined in Part 1209 of this Title as follows: a structure designed primarily for residential occupancy, constructed by a method or system of construction whereby the structure or its components are wholly or in substantial part manufactured in manufacturing facilities, intended or designed for permanent installation, or assembly and permanent installation, on a building site.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 1210.1