(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

 

Assembly Bill No. 552–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

(On Behalf of Department of Business and
Industry—Manufactured Housing Division)

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to manufactured buildings. (BDR 40‑561)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                             Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to manufactured buildings; revising the definitions of “factory-built housing” and “modular building” to exclude manufactured homes and commercial coaches; clarifying that such housing or buildings must be designed to be affixed to land or to a foundation, footing or existing building; providing that a person who engages in the business of renting or leasing temporary commercial coaches is not required to obtain a license pursuant to certain provisions; exempting a temporary commercial coach from certain provisions governing commercial coaches; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 461.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    461.080  “Factory-built housing” means a residential building,

1-3  dwelling unit or habitable room thereof which is [either wholly] :

1-4    1.  Wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an

1-5  offsite location to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance

1-6  with regulations adopted by the division pursuant to the provisions of NRS

1-7  461.170 [but] ; and

1-8    2.  Designed to be affixed to land or to a foundation, footing or

1-9  existing building.

1-10  The term does not include a manufactured home as defined in NRS

1-11  489.113, a mobile home[.] or a commercial coach as defined in

1-12  NRS 489.062.

 

 

 

2-1    Sec. 2.  NRS 461.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-2    461.143  “Modular building” means an office, apartment, school, motel

2-3  or other building[,] that, regardless of whether it is a total building or a

2-4  room[, which is either] :

2-5    1.  Is wholly manufactured or is in substantial part manufactured at an

2-6  offsite location to be wholly or partially assembled on site in accordance

2-7  with regulations adopted by the division pursuant to the provisions of NRS

2-8  461.170[, but] ; and

2-9    2.  Is designed to be affixed to land or to a foundation, footing or

2-10  existing building.

2-11  The term does not include a manufactured home as defined in NRS

2-12  489.113, a mobile home[.] or a commercial coach as defined in NRS

2-13  489.062.

2-14  Sec. 3.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

2-15  new section to read as follows:

2-16  1.  A person who engages in the business of renting or leasing

2-17  temporary commercial coaches is not required to obtain a license to

2-18  engage in that business pursuant to this chapter.

2-19  2.  The provisions of this chapter, except the provisions of subsections

2-20  2 and 4 of NRS 489.241, subsection 1 of NRS 489.251, NRS 489.287,

2-21  489.288, 489.451 and subsections 1 to 5, inclusive, of NRS 489.481, do

2-22  not apply to a temporary commercial coach.

2-23  3.  As used in this section, “temporary commercial coach” means a

2-24  commercial coach that is:

2-25  (a) Not permanently affixed to land or a foundation, footing or

2-26  existing structure, regardless of whether utility services are provided;

2-27  (b) Not sold, rented or leased to a person for use at a location for more

2-28  than 18 months during any 2-year period;

2-29  (c) Not used as a dwelling; and

2-30  (d) Used in connection with a business activity.

2-31    Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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