Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §9002, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by PL 1981, c. 152, §4, is amended to read:

7. Manufactured housing. "Manufactured housing" means a structural unit or units designed for occupancy, to be used as a dwelling or dwellings and constructed in a manufacturing facility and then transported by the use of its own chassis or placement on an independent chassis to a building site. The term includes any type of building which that is constructed at a manufacturing facility and then transported to a building site where it is utilized for housing and that may be purchased or, sold, offered for sale or brokered by a dealer licensee in the interim. For purposes of this Act, 3 types of manufactured housing are included. They are:

A. Those HUD-code homes, which are those units constructed after June 15, 1976, which that the manufacturer certifies are constructed in compliance with the HUD standard, meaning structures, transportable in one or more sections, which that, in the traveling mode, are 8 body feet or more in 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;