2012 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 125 — PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING
Act 96 of 1987 — THE MOBILE HOME COMMISSION ACT (125.2301 - 125.2350)
Section 125.2302 — Definitions.

THE MOBILE HOME COMMISSION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 96 of 1987

125.2302 Definitions.

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) Campground means a campground as defined in section 12501 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.12501 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(b) Code means all or a part of the mobile home code promulgated pursuant to section 5.

(c) Commission means the mobile home code commission.

(d) Department means the department of commerce.

(e) Installer and repairer means a person, including a mobile home dealer, who for compensation installs or repairs mobile homes.

(f) Local government means a county or municipality.

(g) Mobile home means a structure, transportable in 1 or more sections, which is built on a chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure.

(h) Mobile home dealer means a person other than a manufacturer engaged in the business of buying mobile homes for resale, exchange, lease, or rent or offering mobile homes for sale, lease, rent, or exchange to customers.

(i) Mobile home park means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person upon which 3 or more mobile homes are located on a continual, nonrecreational basis and which is offered to the public for that purpose regardless of whether a charge is made therefor, together with any building, structure, enclosure, street, equipment, or facility used or intended for use incident to the occupancy of a mobile home.

(j) Municipality means a city, village, or township.

(k) Person means an individual, partnership, association, trust, or corporation, or any other legal entity or combination of legal entities.

(l) Recreational vehicle means a vehicle primarily designed and used as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel purposes, including a vehicle having its own motor power or a vehicle mounted on or drawn by another vehicle.

(m) Seasonal mobile home park means a parcel or tract of land under the control of a person upon which 3 or more mobile homes are located on a continual or temporary basis but occupied on a temporary basis only, and which is offered to the public for that purpose regardless of whether a charge is made therefor, together with any building, enclosure, street, equipment, or facility used or intended for use incident to the occupancy of a mobile home. Seasonal mobile home park does not include a campground licensed pursuant to sections 12501 to 12516 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.12501 to 333.12516 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(n) Security interest , security agreement , secured party , and termination statement have the same meanings as in the uniform commercial code, Act No. 174 of the Public Acts of 1962, being sections 440.1101 to 440.11102 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1987, Act 96, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1987