States must certify within a year that they treat both kinds of home alike
What the document says“not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial certification that the laws and regulations of the State--”
The section adds a new subsection (i) to section 604 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 requiring each State to certify within a year of enactment that its laws treat any manufactured home in parity with a manufactured home as the State defines it, and subject a home without a permanent chassis to the same State laws as one built on a chassis, covering financing, title, insurance, manufacture, sale, taxes, transportation, installation, and other areas the Secretary determines with the consensus committee. A State whose legislature meets every other year has two years. A State may still certify after the deadline.
What the document actually says“not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial certification that the laws and regulations of the State--”
A state must send in a paper within one year. The paper says its own laws treat these homes the same way.
Certifying means putting a promise in writing. The clock runs from the day this law passed. A state whose lawmakers meet every other year gets two years.
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