Alabama Administrative Code › Title 535 - ALABAMA MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMISSION › Chapter 535-X-11 - REGULATIONS FOR MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS › Section 535-X-11-.14 - Installation Of Manufactured Buildings (Modulars)

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(a)
					Modular Installers must satisfactorily complete a modular installer's course
					conducted by the Commission and pass a written or oral test prior to being
					issued a certification to install modular homes or buildings. The Commission
					will offer modular training on various dates during the year at locations
					throughout the state. Each applicant, once certified, may thereafter renew
					their certification with Commission approval and the payment of an annual
					certification fee.
(b) Each
					Certified Modular Installer shall be required to satisfactorily complete a
					refresher course every two years after the completion of the initial
					course.
(c) The certification fee
					and bonding and insurance requirements will be at the same rate and basis as
					pertains to manufactured home (mobile home) installers. If a modular installer
					also holds a manufactured home installer certification, there will be no
					additional requirement for bonding and insurance.
(d) A list of Certified Modular Installers
					will be maintained by the Commission. Anyone who installs a manufactured
					(modular) building must be certified by the Commission to install modular
					buildings and/or modular residential units.
(e) Certified Modular Installers shall
					purchase modular installation decals from the Commission. This decal shall
					denote the date of the installation, the name of the Installer, the Installer's
					Certification Number and the Alabama Insignia Number; this information must be
					printed with a permanent marking pen by the Modular Installer. The Certified
					Installer must place the decal in the home or building immediately upon site
					location and prior to placing the home or building on its foundation. Modular
					installation decals shall not be transferred. They must be used by the Modular
					Installer who purchased them.
(f)
					The Installer Decal for modular units must be placed on or inside the cover of
					the electrical panel box. When there is an absence of an electrical panel, the
					installer decal shall be placed on the inside of the entrance door or in close
					proximity thereof.
(g) The Retailer
					of a modular unit is responsible to ensure the foundation is prepared in
					accordance with the manufacturers' approved foundation plan. The Installer is
					responsible for placing the modular unit onto the properly prepared foundation
					in accordance with the manufacturers' approved foundation plan. While the
					foundation is being prepared and/or the modular unit is being secured to the
					foundation, the Retailer should ensure that an approved foundation plan with
					the seal of the Commission affixed to each page is available on site.
(h) The Retailer shall notify the AMHC in
					writing, by fax or e-mail of the exact location where any new residential
					modular unit is to be installed (a) 72 hours before starting to pour the
					foundation and (b) 72 hours before final site delivery.
(i) Modular Retailers and Installers shall
					comply with AMHC Rule 535-X-12 and 535-X-13 where applicable to modulars
					(manufactured buildings).
(j)
					Enforcement authority is delegated to local officials for the inspection of 1)
					storm shelters sited within a stick-built home and 2) community shelters owned
					and operated by a city or county government.
Author:
Elwyn Thomas
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975
, as amended §§
										24-6-4,
							24-4A-3,
							24-4A-4,
							24-5-31 and
							24-5-32.