A local education agency (LEA) whose students, under supervision of vocational/industrial instructors, construct, as part of a vocational/industrial curriculum, modular building units shall be exempt from all licensure requirements of this part; provided, however, that:

(1) The LEA constructs no more than five (5) modular buildings per school per school year;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-126-310

  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Structure: means any building or improvement and its components, systems, fixtures, and appurtenances at the time of completion or construction. See Tennessee Code 68-126-303
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Each modular building’s structural and electrical systems are inspected from its initial stages of construction by qualified building and electrical inspectors;
(3) Each modular building meets all applicable local building codes and, when installed at a permanent site, is inspected by local building officials as a site-built structure; and
(4) The LEA provides the purchaser of a modular building with a statement disclosing that it does not comply with this part. The LEA shall retain a copy of the statement signed by the purchaser.