2017 Ohio Revised Code
Title [47] XLVII OCCUPATIONS - PROFESSIONS
Chapter 4781 - MANUFACTURED HOMES
Section 4781.07 - [Effective Until 1/21/2018] Certification of local authorities to exercise commission authority.

(A) Pursuant to rules the manufactured homes commission adopts, the commission may certify municipal, township, and county building departments and the personnel of those departments, or any private third party, to exercise the commission's enforcement authority, accept and approve plans and specifications for foundations, support systems and installations, and inspect manufactured housing foundations, support systems, and manufactured housing installations. Any certification is effective for three years.

(B) Following an investigation and finding of facts that support its action, the commission may revoke or suspend certification. The commission may initiate an investigation on its own motion or the petition of a person affected by the enforcement or approval of plans.

(C)

(1) If a township, municipal corporation, or county does not have a building department that is certified pursuant to this section, it may designate by resolution or ordinance another building department that has been certified pursuant to this section to exercise the commission's enforcement authority, accept and approve plans and specifications for foundations, support systems and installations, and inspect manufactured housing foundations, support systems, and manufactured housing installations. The designation is effective upon acceptance by the designee.

(2) An owner of a manufactured home or an operator of a manufactured home park may request an inspection and obtain an approval described in division (C)(1) of this section from any building department certified pursuant to this section designated by the township, municipal corporation, or county in which the owner's manufactured home or operator's manufactured home park is located.

Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.127, HB 487, §101.01, eff. 9/10/2012.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 08-06-2004 .

Note: This section is set out twice. See also § 4781.07, as amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §137.10, eff. 1/21/2018.