Notes on manufactured home construction and safety standards : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on manufactured home construction and safety standards : US Code - Notes

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5401. Findings and purposes.
(a) Findings.
(b) Purposes.
5402. Definitions.
5403. Construction and safety standards.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Other orders.
(c) Effective date of orders establishing
standards.
(d) Supremacy of Federal standards.
(e) Considerations in establishing and interpreting
standards and regulations.
(f) Coverage; exclusion.
(g) Manufactured housing construction and safety
standards.
(h) New performance standards for hardboard siding.
5404. Manufactured home installation.
(a) Provision of installation design and
instructions.
(b) Model manufactured home installation standards.
(c) Manufactured home installation programs.
5405. Judicial review of orders establishing standards;
petition; additional evidence before Secretary;
certified copy of transcript.
5406. Submission of cost or other information by
manufacturer.
(a) Purpose of submission; detail of information.
(b) Conditions upon availability to public of
submitted information.
(c) "Cost information" defined.
(d) Power of Secretary to obtain or require
submission of information under other
provisions unaffected.
5407. Research, testing, development, and training by
Secretary.
(a) Scope.
(b) Contracts and grants with States, interstate
agencies, and independent institutions.
(c) Definitions.
5408. Cooperation by Secretary with public and private
agencies.
5409. Prohibited acts; exemptions.
5410. Civil and criminal penalties.
5411. Injunctive relief.
(a) Jurisdiction; petition of United States
attorney or Attorney General; notice by
Secretary to affected persons to present
views.
(b) Criminal contempt proceedings; conduct of
trial.
(c) Venue.
(d) Subpenas.
(e) Designation by manufacturer of agent for
service of administrative and judicial
processes, etc.; filing and amendment of
designation; failure to make designation.
5412. Noncompliance with standards or defective nature of
manufactured home; administrative or judicial
determination; repurchase by manufacturer or repair
by distributor or retailer; reimbursement of
expenses, etc., by manufacturer; injunctive relief
against manufacturer for failure to comply;
jurisdiction and venue; damages; period of
limitation.
5413. Inspections and investigations for promulgation or
enforcement of standards or execution of other
duties.
(a) Authority of Secretary; results furnished to
Attorney General and Secretary of the Treasury
for appropriate action.
(b) Designation by Secretary of persons to enter
and inspect factories, etc.; presentation of
credentials; reasonableness and scope of
inspection.
(c) Powers of Secretary.
(d) Refusal to obey subpena or order of Secretary;
order of compliance by district court; failure
to obey order of compliance punishable as
contempt.
(e) Submission by manufacturer of building plans
for manufactured homes; certification by
manufacturer of conformity of building plans
to standards.
(f) Records, reports and information from
manufacturers, distributors and retailers of
manufactured homes; inspection and examination
of relevant books, papers, records and
documents by designated person.
(g) Performance and technical data from
manufacturer; persons required to receive
notification of data.
(h) Disclosure of confidential information and
trade secrets.
5414. Notification and correction of defects by
manufacturer.
(a) Notice to purchaser within reasonable time
after discovery of defect.
(b) Notification by mail.
(c) Form and requisites of notification.
(d) Copy to Secretary of all notices, bulletins,
and communications sent by manufacturer to
retailers and purchasers concerning defects;
disclosure to public by Secretary.
(e) Notice by Secretary to manufacturers of
noncompliance with standards or defective
nature of manufactured home; contents of
notice; presentation by manufacturer of views;
notice to purchasers of defects.
(f) Maintenance by manufacturers of record of names
and addresses of first purchasers of
manufactured homes; procedures for
ascertaining names and addresses of subsequent
purchasers; establishment and reasonableness
of procedures for maintaining records.
(g) Correction of defects by manufacturer;
conditions; procedures; contract or legal
rights of purchasers or other persons
unaffected.
(h) Submission to Secretary by manufacturer of plan
for notifying owners of defects and repair of
defects; approval of manufacturer's remedy
plan; effectuation and implementation of
remedy plan.
(i) Defective or inadequately repaired manufactured
homes; replacement with new or equivalent home
or refund of purchase price.
5415. Certification by manufacturer of conformity of
manufactured home with standards; form and placement
of certification.
5416. Consumer's manual; contents.
5417. Effect upon antitrust laws.
5418 Use of services, research and testing facilities of
public agencies and independent laboratories.
5419. Authority to collect fee.
(a) In general.
(b) Contractors.
(c) Prohibited use.
(d) Modification.
(e) Appropriation and deposit of fees.
5420. Failure to report violations; penalties.
5421. Prohibition on waiver of rights.
5422. State enforcement.
(a) Jurisdiction of State agency or court under
State law.
(b) Assumption of responsibility for enforcement of
Federal standards; submission of enforcement
plan to Secretary.
(c) Criteria for approval of State plan by
Secretary.
(d) Notice and hearing prior to rejection by
Secretary of State plan.
(e) Discretionary enforcement by Secretary of
standards in State having approved plan.
(f) Annual evaluation by Secretary of execution of
State plan; basis of evaluation; submission of
evaluation and data to Congress; determination
by Secretary of improper administration, etc.,
of State plan; procedure; effect of
determination.
(g) Enforcement of dispute resolution standards.
5423. Grants to States.
(a) Purposes.
(b) Designation by Governor of State agency for
receipt of grant.
(c) Submission of application by State agency to
Secretary; review by Secretary.
(d) Amount of Federal share; equality of
distribution of funds.
5424. Rules and regulations.
5425. Repealed.
5426. Authorization of appropriations.