Sec. 4.
(1) The commission may do all of the following:
(a) After consultation with and considering comments from representatives of the manufactured housing industry and other interested parties, recommend rules to the department to implement and administer this act.
(b) Act for the purpose of establishing a uniform policy relating to all phases of mobile home businesses, mobile home parks, and seasonal mobile home parks.
(c) Determine the sufficiency of local mobile home ordinances that are designed to provide local governments with superintending control over mobile home businesses, mobile home parks, or seasonal mobile homes parks.
(d) Conduct public hearings relating to the powers prescribed in this subsection.
(2) The director or an authorized representative of the director shall do all of the following:
(a) After consultation with and considering comments from representatives of the manufactured housing industry and other interested parties, promulgate rules to implement and administer this act.
(b) Conduct hearings relating to violations of this act or rules promulgated under this act.
(c) Make investigations to determine compliance with this act and rules promulgated under this act.
(d) Provide assistance to the commission as the commission requires.
(e) On not less than a quarterly basis, report to the commission on the expenditure of all fees collected under this act and the relation of those expenditures to the enforcement and administration of this act.
(f) Post and maintain on the department's website all current guidelines.
(g) Promptly notify a local government of the issuance, amendment, or rescission of a guideline if the department has knowledge that a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park is located in, or an application has been filed for the licensure of a park proposed to be located in, the local government. The notice shall be sent by first-class mail or electronic mail to each of the following:
(i) The clerk of the local government.
(ii) The chief executive officer of the local government.
(iii) The enforcing agency for the local government if, under section 8a or 8b of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1508a and 125.1508b, the local government has assumed responsibility for the administration and enforcement within its jurisdiction of that act and the state construction code or a part of the state construction code of limited application.
(h) If the department receives a complaint about a condition at a mobile home park or seasonal mobile home park that imminently threatens the health or safety of the residents of the park, promptly notify each local government in which the park is located of the details of the complaint.
(3) The commission shall not regulate mobile homes that are not located within a mobile home park or a seasonal mobile home park, except as relates to the business, sales, and service practices of mobile home dealers and the business practices of mobile home installers and repairers.
History: 1987, Act 96, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1987 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 328, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 2006 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 40, Eff. Sept. 1, 2015 Admin Rule: R 125.1101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning
Act 96 of 1987 - The Mobile Home Commission Act (125.2301 - 125.2350)
Section 125.2301 - Short Title.
Section 125.2302 - Definitions.
Section 125.2304 - Powers of Commission; Duties of Director; Prohibition; Exception.
Section 125.2305 - Mobile Home Code; Promulgation; Rules.
Section 125.2308 - Exemptions.
Section 125.2310 - Reproducing Documents Requested as Public Record.
Section 125.2313 - Construction Permit Required.
Section 125.2316a - Occupancy of Mobile Home in Seasonal Mobile Home Park.
Section 125.2322 - Mobile Home Dealer; Surety Bond; Deposit; Rules.
Section 125.2323 - Mobile Home Dealer; Accounts and Other Records.
Section 125.2324 - Mobile Home Dealer; Prohibited Conduct.
Section 125.2325 - Installation and Setup of Mobile Home; Rules; Licensing Requirements.
Section 125.2327 - Mobile Home, Mobile Home Site, or Equipment; Fraudulent Practices.
Section 125.2328b - Children and Pets; Enforcement of Rules.
Section 125.2328c - Action to Terminate Tenancy; Liquidated Damages.
Section 125.2329 - Shutoff of Utility Service for Nonpayment; Notice.
Section 125.2330 - Mobile Home Subject to Certificate of Title Provisions.
Section 125.2330i - Affixation of Mobile Home to Real Property; Ownership Interest.
Section 125.2331 - Action to Rescind Transaction and Recover Damages.
Section 125.2332 - Certain Conditions, Stipulations, or Provisions Voided.
Section 125.2333 - Statute of Limitations; Rejection of Valid Rescission as Bar to Action.
Section 125.2335 - Service of Process.
Section 125.2337 - Administrative Proceedings; Notice; Response; Assurance of Discontinuance.
Section 125.2340 - Effect of Appeal.
Section 125.2341 - Injunction.
Section 125.2342 - Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.
Section 125.2343a - Summary Suspension of License.
Section 125.2344 - Remedies Not Mutually Exclusive.
Section 125.2345 - Other Prosecution and Enforcement Not Prohibited.
Section 125.2349 - Legislative Intent and Declarations.
Section 125.2350 - Availability of List of Powers and Duties of State or Local Governmental Entity.