Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words and terms when used in this Act, for the purpose of this Act, shall have the following meanings:
(b) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, association, trust, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, county, municipality, the State of Illinois, or any political subdivision or department thereof, or any other entity.(c) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures mobile structures or modular dwellings at the place or places, either on or away from the building site, at which machinery, equipment, and other capital goods are assembled and operated for the purpose of making, fabricating, forming, or assembling mobile structures or modular dwellings.(d) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.(e) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Public Health.(g) "Codes" means the safety codes for modular dwellings and mobile structures adopted by the Department and is synonymous with "rules". The Codes shall contain the standards and requirements for modular dwellings and mobile structures so that adequate performance for the intended use is made the test of acceptability, provided that the structural requirements adopted for modular dwellings shall be no more stringent than the requirements contained in the most recent edition of the International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings or the International Building Code, as applicable. The Code of Standards shall permit the use of new technology, techniques, methods and materials, for both modular dwellings and mobile structures, consistent with recognized and accepted codes and standards developed by the International Code Council , the National Fire Protection Association, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the American National Standards Institute, the Illinois Energy Conservation Code, and the Illinois State Plumbing Code.(h) "Seal" means a device or insignia issued by the Department to be displayed on the exterior of the mobile structure or the interior of a modular dwelling unit to evidence compliance with the applicable safety code.(i) "Modular dwelling" means a building assembly or system of building sub-assemblies, designed for habitation as a dwelling for one or more persons, including the necessary electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating and other service systems, which is of closed construction and which is made or assembled by a manufacturer, on or off the building site, for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site, installed and set up according to the manufacturer's instructions on an approved foundation and support system. The construction of modular dwelling units located in Illinois is regulated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.(j) "Closed construction" is any building, component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions cannot readily be inspected at the installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof.(l) "Approved foundation and support system" means, for a modular dwelling unit, a closed perimeter formation consisting of materials such as concrete, mortared concrete block, mortared brick, steel, or treated lumber extending into the ground below the frost line which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, cellars, basements, or crawl spaces, and does include the use of piers supporting the marriage wall of the home that extend below the frost line.(m) "Code compliance certificate" means the certificate provided by the manufacturer to the Department that warrants that the modular dwelling unit or mobile structure complies with the applicable code.(n) "Mobile structure" means a movable or portable unit, which, when assembled, is 8 feet or more in width and is 32 body feet in length, constructed to be towed on its own chassis (comprised of frame and wheels), and designed for occupancy with or without a permanent foundation. "Mobile structure" includes units designed to be used for multi-family residential, commercial, educational, or industrial purposes, excluding, however, recreational vehicles and single family residences.Amended by P.A. 102-0526,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 099-0078,§ 405, eff. 7/20/2015.Amended by P.A. 098-0959,§ 5, eff. 8/15/2014.Amended by P.A. 098-0749,§ 10-60, eff. 7/16/2014.Amended by P.A. 096-1477,§ 905, eff. 1/1/2011.