39-4004. INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT FEES — SCHEDULE AUTHORIZED. (1) The administrator is authorized to establish a schedule of fees to pay the cost of inspection and enforcement of this chapter without recourse to tax subsidies. Such fee schedule shall be consistent with the actual cost of maintaining the program.

(2) The administrator shall be authorized to participate in the fee distribution system of the U.S. department of housing and urban development set out in 24 CFR 3282. The administrator shall establish a monitoring inspection fee in an amount established by the secretary of the U.S. department of housing and urban development. This monitoring inspection fee shall be an amount paid by each manufactured home manufacturer in the state for each manufactured home produced by the manufacturer in the state. This fee shall be in addition to any in-plant inspection agency (IPIA) fees assessed by the administrator, which shall be consistent with the actual cost of providing such inspections.

(3) The monitoring inspection fee shall be paid by the manufacturer to the secretary of the U.S. department of housing and urban development who shall distribute the fees collected from all manufactured home manufacturers among the approved and conditionally-approved states based on the number of new manufactured homes whose first location after leaving the manufacturing plant is on the premises of a distributor, dealer, or purchaser in that state.

History:

[39-4004, added 1971, ch. 70, sec. 5, p. 157; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 52, p. 1023; am. 1980, ch. 108, sec. 2, p. 246; am. 1988, ch. 264, sec. 5, p. 526; am. 2006, ch. 79, sec. 6, p. 239.]