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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; |
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| 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; |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. 5. 10 MRSA §9002, sub-§8-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 6. 10 MRSA §9002, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1981, c. 152, §5, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 9. Mechanic. "Mechanic" means any person engaged in servicing | or installing manufactured housing, as defined in |
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