(210 ILCS 120/1)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4401)

Sec. 1.

This Act may be cited as the

Illinois Mobile Home Tiedown Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑1475.)

(210 ILCS 120/2)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4402)

Sec. 2.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:

a. "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health;

b. "installer" means any person who anchors or ties down a mobile home;

c. "person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity;

d. "tiedown equipment" means any fixtures or equipment which is used for the purpose of securing the mobile home to the supporting foundation, to the ground, or to any other type of structure; and

e. "mobile home park" means a tract of land or 2 or more contiguous tracts of land upon which contain sites with the necessary utilities for 5 or more independent mobile homes for permanent habitation either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, vehicle, or enclosure used or intended for use as a part of the equipment of such mobile home park. Separate ownership of continuous tracts of land shall not preclude the tracts of land from common licensure as a mobile home park if they are maintained and operated jointly. Neither an immobilized mobile home nor a motorized recreational vehicle shall be construed as being a part of a mobile home park.

(Source: P.A. 86‑595.)

(210 ILCS 120/3)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4403)

Sec. 3.

The Department shall promulgate standards and regulations for the manufacture, sale and use of equipment used for the tiedown of mobile homes installed in this State. Such standards and regulations shall not prohibit any mobile home owner from installing his own tiedown equipment so long as such equipment and the installation procedures are in compliance with this Act and any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.

(Source: P.A. 86‑595.)

(210 ILCS 120/4)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4404)

Sec. 4.

No person shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or cause to be sold or offered for sale any tiedown equipment which does not meet or exceed the standards promulgated by the Department in accordance with this Act.

(Source: P.A. 81‑587.)

(210 ILCS 120/5)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4405)

Sec. 5.

The owner of each mobile home installed in Illinois on or after January 1, 1980, or which is moved from one lot to another after that date, shall be responsible to insure that approved tiedown equipment is obtained and used to secure the mobile home to the surface upon which it is to rest when occupied. After January 1, 1990, the owner of each mobile home park shall make available to the owner of any mobile home moved within or into their mobile home park with a copy of the Mobile Home Owner's Tiedown Guide pamphlet prepared by the Department. This pamphlet shall be made available to the homeowner prior to the installation of the home. The Department shall be responsible for providing these pamphlets to each mobile home park owner. The installer of such equipment shall secure the mobile home in accordance with this Act and all rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 86‑595.)

(210 ILCS 120/6)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4406)

Sec. 6.

Any person who violates any provision of this Act or of a rule or regulation promulgated thereunder is guilty of a business offense, and shall be fined $100 for each violation.

a. Each day on which tiedown equipment is offered for sale in violation of Section 4 of this Act constitutes a separate offense.

b. Each mobile home installed in violation of Section 5 constitutes a separate offense.

(Source: P.A. 81‑587.)

(210 ILCS 120/7)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4407)

Sec. 7.

The Department shall have the authority to enter at reasonable times upon a private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions related to the enforcement of this Act and the regulations issued hereunder.

(Source: P.A. 86‑595.)