Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 5.djvu/994

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114 STAT. 3008 PUBLIC LAW 106-569—DEC. 27, 2000 " (2) INSTALLATION STANDARDS. — "(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTALLATION PROGRAM.— Not later than the expiration of the 5-year period described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish an installation program that meets the requirements of paragraph (3) for the enforcement of installation standards in each State described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph. " (B) IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTALLATION PROGRAM. — Beginning on the expiration of the 5-year period described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall implement the installation program established under subparagraph (A) in each State that does not have an installation program established by State law that meets the requirements of paragraph (3). "(C) CONTRACTING OUT OF IMPLEMENTATION.— In carrying out subparagraph (B), the Secretary may contract with an appropriate agent to implement the installation program established under that subparagraph, except that

such agent shall not be a person or entity other than a government, nor an affiliate or subsidiary of such a person or entity, that has entered into a contract with the Secretary to implement any other regulatory program under this title. "(3) REQUIREMENTS. — An installation program meets the requirements of this paragraph if it is a program regulating the installation of manufactured homes that includes— "(A) installation standards that, in the determination of the Secretary, provide protection to the residents of manufactured homes that equals or exceeds the protection provided to those residents by— "(i) the model manufactured home installation standards established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(2); or "(ii) the designs and instructions provided by manufacturers under subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that such designs and instructions provide protection to the residents of manufactured homes that equals or exceeds the protection provided by the model manufactured home installation standards established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(2); "(B) the training and licensing of manufactured home installers; and "(C) inspection of the installation of manufactured homes.", (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Section 623(c) (42 U.S.C. 5422(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (10), by striking "and" at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (13); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following: "(11) with respect to any State plan submitted on or after the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, provides for an installation program established by State law that meets the requirements of section 605(c)(3);".