Virginia Code 36-85.18: Powers and duties of Manufactured Housing Board.
The Virginia Manufactured Housing Board shall have the following powers and duties:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 36-85.18
- Board: means the Virginia Manufactured Housing Board. See Virginia Code 36-85.16
- dealer: means any person, resident or nonresident, engaged in the business of buying, selling or dealing in manufactured homes or offering or displaying manufactured homes for sale in Virginia. See Virginia Code 36-85.16
- Department: means the Department of Housing and Community Development. See Virginia Code 36-85.16
- Manufactured home: means a structure constructed to federal standards, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is 8 feet or more in width and is 40 feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. See Virginia Code 36-85.16
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
- recovery fund: means the Virginia Manufactured Housing Transaction Recovery Fund. See Virginia Code 36-85.16
1. To issue licenses to manufacturers, dealers, brokers, and salespersons;
2. To require that an adequate recovery fund be established for all regulants;
3. To receive and resolve complaints from buyers of manufactured homes and from persons in the manufactured housing industry;
4. To promulgate regulations in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.) as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to the licensure of manufactured home brokers, dealers, manufacturers, and salespersons and the relicensure of manufactured home brokers, dealers, manufacturers, or salespersons after license revocation or nonrenewal;
5. To make case decisions in accordance with the Administrative Process Act as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; and
6. To levy and collect fees that are sufficient to cover the expenses for the administration of this chapter by the Board and the Department. Such fees may be levied and collected on a per unit sold basis, a percentage basis, an annual per dealer basis, or a combination thereof.