Sec. 303. Updating the definition of manufactured home
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Section 603(6) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5402(6) ) is amended by striking on a permanent chassis and inserting with or without a permanent chassis . Section 604 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5403 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to subparagraph (B), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act , a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial certification that the laws and regulations of the State— treat a manufactured home, including a manufactured home without a permanent chassis, in parity with a manufactured home (as defined and regulated by the State); and subject a manufactured home without a permanent chassis to the same laws and regulations of the State as a manufactured home built on a permanent chassis with respect to financing, title, insurance, manufacture, sale, taxes, transportation, and installation.
With respect to a State with a legislature that meets biennially, the deadline for the submission of the initial certification required under subparagraph
(A)shall be 2 years after the date of enactment of the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act . The initial certification required under paragraph (1)(A) shall contain, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, an attestation by an official that the State has taken the steps necessary to ensure the veracity of the certification required under paragraph (1)(A), including, as necessary, by— amending the definition of manufactured home in the laws and regulation of the State; and directing State agencies to amend the definition of manufactured home in regulations. Not later than a date to be determined by the Secretary each year, the State shall submit to the Secretary an additional certification that— confirms the accuracy of initial certification submitted under paragraph (1)(A); and certifies that any new laws or regulations enacted or adopted by the State since the date of the previous certification does not change the veracity of the initial certification submitted under paragraph (1)(A). The Secretary shall publish and maintain in the Federal Register and on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development a list of States that are up-to-date with the submission of initial and subsequent certifications required under this subsection. In this paragraph the term covered manufactured home means a home that is— not considered a manufactured home under the laws and regulations of a State because the home is constructed without a permanent chassis; considered a manufactured home under the definition of the term in section 603; and constructed after the date of enactment of the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act . If a State does not submit a certification under paragraph (1)(A) or
(3)by the date on which those certifications are required to be submitted— with respect to a State in which the State administers the installation of manufactured homes, the State shall prohibit the manufacture, installation, or sale of a covered manufactured home within the State; and with respect to a State in which the Secretary administers the installation of manufactured homes, the State and the Secretary shall prohibit the manufacture, installation, or sale of a covered manufactured home within the State. . The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies to ensure that Federal agencies treat a manufactured home (as defined in Federal laws and regulations other than section 603 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5402 )) in the same manner as a manufactured home (as defined in section National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5402 ), as amended by this Act). Section 609 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5408 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: model guidance to support the submission of the certification required under section 604(i). .
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