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width and 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on
site, are 320 or more square feet, and which are built on a
permanent chassis and designed to be used as dwellings, with
or without permanent foundations, when connected to the
required utilities, including the plumbing, heating, air-
conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except
that such term shall include any structure which that meets
all the requirements of this paragraph except the size
requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer
voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of
the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
and complies with the standards established under the National
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of
1974, 42 United States Code 5401, et seq;

 
B. Those State-certified modular homes, which are those
units which that the manufacturer certifies are constructed
in compliance with the state's State's Manufactured Housing
Act and regulations, meaning structures, transportable in
one or more sections, which that are not constructed on a
permanent chassis and are designed to be used as dwellings
on foundations when connected to required utilities,
including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning or
electrical systems contained therein;

 
C. Those Pre-HUD-code homes, which are those units
constructed prior to June 15, 1976, meaning structures,
transportable in one or more sections, which that are 8 body
feet or more in width and are 32 body feet or more in
length, and which are built on a permanent chassis and
designed to be used as dwellings, with or without permanent
foundations, when connected to the required utilities,
including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning or
electrical systems contained therein.

 
Sec. 5. 10 MRSA §9002, sub-§8-A is enacted to read:

 
8-A.__Manufacturer's agent.__"Manufacturer's agent" means an
individual, not an employee of a manufacturer, who represents one
or more manufacturers and who is engaged in the sale, offering
for sale, brokering or distribution of HUD-code homes or state-
certified manufactured housing to a licensed dealer or developer
dealer.

 
Sec. 6. 10 MRSA §9002, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1981, c. 152, §5, is
further amended to read:

 
9. Mechanic. "Mechanic" means any person engaged in servicing
or installing manufactured housing, as defined in


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