An Act Regarding Municipal Inspection of the Electrical and
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2229
Committee: Housing and Economic Development
Amends: 10 MRSA §9042, 30-A MRSA §4152, 30-A MRSA §4173, 30-A MRSA §4215, 30-A MRSA §4221, 32 MRSA §1201-A, 32 MRSA §3302

Legislative Document
No. 2229
S.P. 911
In Senate, March 5, 2026
An Act Regarding Municipal Inspection of the Electrical and 
Plumbing Components of a Manufactured Home
(EMERGENCY)
Reported by Senator CURRY of Waldo for the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and 
Economic Development pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 105, section 7.
Reference to the Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and 
ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Emergency preamble.  Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, there exists uncertainty across the State about the role of the State and local 
units of government over the standards for and inspection of the electrical and plumbing 
components of manufactured housing that are constructed and installed in accordance with 
the manufactured housing laws; and
Whereas, duplicative inspections delay the installation and occupancy of 
manufactured housing at a time when the State is experiencing a significant housing crisis; 
and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  10 MRSA §9042, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:
3-A.  Electrical and plumbing installation.  Electrical installations performed in 
accordance with Title 32, section 1201-A, subsection 14 are not subject to inspection by or 
on behalf of a municipality at the location where the manufactured housing will be affixed 
to real property.  Plumbing installations performed in accordance with Title 32, section 
3302, subsection 1, paragraph E are not subject to inspection by a municipality or 3rd-party 
inspector at the location where the manufactured housing will be affixed to real property.
Sec. 2.  30-A MRSA §4152, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and 
Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further 
amended to read:
6.  Electrical equipment in manufacturer's plant.  Any electrical installations or 
equipment involved in the manufacture, test or repair of electrical equipment in the 
manufacturer's plant; and
Sec. 3.  30-A MRSA §4152, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and 
Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further 
amended to read:
7.  Certain laboratories.  Installations in suitable laboratories of exposed electrical 
wiring for experimental purposes only.; and
Sec. 4.  30-A MRSA §4152, sub-§8 is enacted to read:
8.  Certified manufactured housing.  Installations in manufactured housing certified 
under Title 10, chapter 951 and rules adopted under that chapter.
Sec. 5.  30-A MRSA §4173, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A.  Manufactured housing excluded.  This section does not apply to manufactured 
housing constructed or installed in compliance with Title 10, chapter 951 and rules adopted 
under that chapter.
Sec. 6.  30-A MRSA §4215, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 
and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is 
further amended to read:
A.  The installation of plumbing into a building, except manufactured housing 
constructed and installed in compliance with Title 10, chapter 951 and rules adopted 
under that chapter;
Sec. 7.  30-A MRSA §4221, sub-§4, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 344, Pt. D, §6 
and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read:
B.  Installation of domestic heating appliances by master oil and solid fuel burning 
technicians licensed pursuant to Title 32, chapter 139; and
Sec. 8.  30-A MRSA §4221, sub-§4, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 304, §1, is 
amended to read:
C.  Installation of stand-alone water meters, water meters in combination with 
nontestable backflow prevention devices and related valves by water utility personnel 
or water utility contractors.  The water utility shall include in any notice it provides to 
a customer regarding entry to install such a meter or related valves a statement that 
installation of a backflow preventor may necessitate installation by the customer of 
additional devices, such as an expansion tank, due to thermal expansion.; and
Sec. 9.  30-A MRSA §4221, sub-§4, ¶D is enacted to read:
D.  Installation of plumbing in manufactured housing certified under Title 10, chapter 
and rules adopted under that chapter.
Sec. 10.  32 MRSA §1201-A, sub-§12, as amended by PL 2025, c. 88, §3, is further 
amended to read:
12.  Incidental work.  Regular employees of an owner or a lessee of real property 
doing incidental electrical work on that property or incidental electrical work by a person 
whose occupation involves miscellaneous jobs of manual labor.  For purposes of this 
subsection, "incidental electrical work'' means minor electrical work, limited to light 
fixtures and switches, that occurs by chance and that does not require electrical installation 
calculations; or
Sec. 11.  32 MRSA §1201-A, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 2025, c. 88, §4, is 
amended to read:
13.  Personal abode.  Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in section 1102‑D 
for electrical installations in newly constructed single-family dwellings, a person making 
electrical installations in an existing single-family dwelling occupied and owned by that 
person, as long as the installation conforms with the standards of the National Electrical 
Code or other standards approved by the board.; or
Sec. 12.  32 MRSA §1201-A, sub-§14 is enacted to read:
14.  Manufactured housing.  Electrical installations in manufactured housing as 
defined in Title 10, section 9002, subsection 7, when performed by a regular employee of 
a manufacturer licensed under Title 10, chapter 951, as long as a master electrician 
employed by the manufacturer either supervises or inspects the installation in the 
manufacturing facility.  The name and license number of the master electrician must be 
documented on the inspection report of the master electrician.
Sec. 13.  32 MRSA §3302, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. D, §3, 
is further amended to read:
C.  Plumbing by a person in a single-family residence occupied or to be occupied by 
that person as that person's bona fide personal abode as long as the installation 
conforms with board laws and rules; and
Sec. 14.  32 MRSA §3302, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. D, §3, 
is amended to read:
D.  Plumbing by a pump installer who is duly licensed pursuant to section 4700‑I, 
subsection 2, except that this exception is limited to installing piping from the cold 
water distribution pipe at the pressure tank's main shut-off valve to the existing water 
supply piping as long as the piping is located in the same room as the tank, the length 
of the piping is no longer than 15 feet and the piping does not extend beyond any 
existing branches.  Such plumbing must conform to the board's laws and rules.; and
Sec. 15.  32 MRSA §3302, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read:
E.  Plumbing in manufactured housing as defined in Title 10, section 9002, subsection 
7, when performed by a regular employee of a manufacturer licensed under Title 10, 
chapter 951, as long as a master plumber employed by the manufacturer either 
supervises or inspects the installation in the manufacturing facility.  The name and 
license number of the master plumber must be documented on the inspection report of 
the master plumber.
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
takes effect when approved.
SUMMARY
This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Housing and Economic 
Development pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 105.  The committee has not taken a 
position on the substance of this bill.  By reporting this bill out, the committee is not 
suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or disagrees with any aspect of this 
bill.  The committee is reporting the bill out for the sole purpose of having a bill printed 
that can be referred to the committee for an appropriate public hearing and subsequent 
processing in the normal course.
The bill allows an individual to make an electrical installation or plumbing installation, 
without a license under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, chapters 17 and 49, 
respectively, when the installation is made during the construction of manufactured 
housing in compliance with Title 10, chapter 951 and under the supervision of or inspection 
by a master electrician or master plumber, respectively.  The bill eliminates duplicative 
inspections by municipalities of electrical and plumbing construction and installation 
within manufactured housing constructed and installed in compliance with the 
manufactured housing laws.