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20-31-103. Exemptions.
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20-31-103. Exemptions.
(a) The following types of construction and structures shall be exempted from this chapter:
(1) Any construction, installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation by a public utility regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission, by a rural electric association or cooperative, or by a municipal utility, of any transmission or distribution lines or facilities incidental to their business and covered under other nationally recognized safety standards;
(2) Any construction, installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation of any nonresidential farm building or structure; and
(3) Any construction or manufacture of manufactured homes covered by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.
(b) The exemption from compliance with the standards promulgated in this section shall not be referred to in any way, and it shall not be any evidence of the lack of negligence or the exercise of due care by a party at a trial of any civil action to recover damages by any party.
(c) The licensing requirements of this chapter do not apply to an owner that performs electrical work or the construction, maintenance, or installation of electrical facilities upon the existing primary residence of the owner or a primary residence of the owner that is under construction.
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20-31-103. Exemptions.
(a) The following types of construction and structures shall be exempted from this chapter:
(1) Any construction, installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation by a public utility regulated by the Arkansas Public Service Commission, by a rural electric association or cooperative, or by a municipal utility, of any transmission or distribution lines or facilities incidental to their business and covered under other nationally recognized safety standards;
(2) Any construction, installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation of any nonresidential farm building or structure; and
(3) Any construction or manufacture of manufactured homes covered by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.
(b) The exemption from compliance with the standards promulgated in this section shall not be referred to in any way, and it shall not be any evidence of the lack of negligence or the exercise of due care by a party at a trial of any civil action to recover damages by any party.
(c) The licensing requirements of this chapter do not apply to an owner that performs electrical work or the construction, maintenance, or installation of electrical facilities upon the existing primary residence of the owner or a primary residence of the owner that is under construction.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Findings** Congress finds that—
(1) manufactured housing plays a vital role in meeting the housing needs of the Nation; and
(2) manufactured homes provide a significant resource for affordable homeownership and rental housing accessible to all Americans.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to protect the quality, durability, safety, and affordability of manufactured homes;
(2) to facilitate the availability of affordable manufactured homes and to increase homeownership for all Americans;
(3) to provide for the establishment of practical, uniform, and, to the extent possible, performance-based Federal construction standards for manufactured homes;
(4) to encourage innovative and cost-effective construction techniques for manufactured homes;
(5) to protect residents of manufactured homes with respect to personal injuries and the amount of insurance costs and property damages in manufactured housing, consistent with the other purposes of this section;
(6) to establish a balanced consensus process for the development, revision, and interpretation of Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes and related regulations for the enforcement of such standards;
(7) to ensure uniform and effective enforcement of Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured homes; and
(8) to ensure that the public interest in, and need for, affordable manufactured housing is duly considered in all determinations relating to the Federal standards and their enforcement.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5401
115–254, shall be available for eligible adminis-
trative costs of the grantee related to any dis-
aster relief funding identified in this section
without regard to the particular disaster appro-
priation from which such funds originated.
(Pub. L. 116–20, title XI, § 1101(b), June 6, 2019, 133
Stat. 900.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Housing and Community Development Act of
1974, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–383, Aug. 22, 1974,
88 Stat. 633. Title I of the Act is classified principally
to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
5301 of this title and Tables.
Section 420 of division L of Public Law 114–113, re-
ferred to in text, is section 420 of Pub. L. 114–113, div.
L, title IV, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2907, which is not
classified to the Code.
Section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223, re-
ferred to in text, is section 145 of Pub. L. 114–223, div.
C, Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 916, which is not classified to
the Code.
Section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as
added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law
114–254), referred to in text, is section 192 of Pub. L.
114–223, div. C, as added by Pub. L. 114–254, div. A,
§ 101(3), Dec. 10, 2016, 130 Stat. 1019, which is not classi-
fied to the Code.
Section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, re-
ferred to in text, is section 421 of Pub. L. 115–31, div. K,
title IV, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 796, which is not classi-
fied to the Code.
The heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment—Community Planning and Development—
Community Development Fund’’ of division B of Public
Law 115–56, referred to in text, can be found at Pub. L.
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