39-4302. FACTORY BUILT STRUCTURES ADVISORY BOARD. (1) The factory built structures advisory board is established in the division of building safety to advise the administrator in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 40, title 39, and chapters 21, 22 and 25, title 44, Idaho Code. The board shall consist of eight (8) members appointed by the governor. One (1) member shall represent a manufacturer of commercial modular buildings, one (1) member shall be a consumer who lives in a manufactured home, two (2) members shall be licensed as a retailer or installer of manufactured or mobile homes, one (1) member shall represent a manufacturer of manufactured homes, two (2) members shall be either a dealer or installer of modular buildings, and one (1) member shall be a consumer who uses or has used modular buildings. The board shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall serve the following terms commencing July 1, 2016: two (2) members shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, and three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter board members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Whenever a vacancy occurs, the governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. The members of the board shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509(n), Idaho Code, for each day spent in attendance at meetings of the board. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum, and a quorum at any meeting called by the administrator shall have full and complete power to act upon and resolve in the name of the board any matter, thing or question referred to it by the administrator, or which by reason of any provision of this chapter, it has the power to determine.

(2) The board shall, on the first day of each July or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary from among its members, and these officers shall hold office until their successors are elected. As soon as the board has elected its officers, the secretary shall certify the results of the election to the administrator. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the board and the secretary shall make a record of the proceedings which shall be preserved in the offices of the division of building safety. If the chairman is absent from any meeting of the board, his duties shall be discharged by the vice-chairman. All members of the board present at a meeting shall be entitled to vote on any question, matter, or thing which properly comes before the board.

(3) The board shall have the authority to promulgate rules in accordance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, to implement the provisions of this chapter and chapter 40, title 39, and chapters 21, 22 and 25, title 44, Idaho Code.

History:

[39-4302, added 2007, ch. 252, sec. 5, p. 741; am. 2010, ch. 160, sec. 1, p. 334; am. 2016, ch. 342, sec. 5, p. 970.]