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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 70 — Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards

§ 5416. Consumer’s manual; contents

Statutory text

The Secretary shall develop guidelines for a consumer’s manual to be provided to manufactured home purchasers by the manufacturer. These manuals should identify and explain the purchasers’ responsibilities for operation, maintenance, and repair of their manufactured homes.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–383 title VI § 617 · 88 Stat. 634

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5416

    Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 617, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 711

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 617, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 711

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 617. consumer information The Secretary shall develop guidelines for a consumer’s Consumer’s manual 42 USC 5416. manual to be provided to mobile home purchasers by the manufacturer. These manuals should identify and explain the purchasers’ responsibilities for operation, maintenance, and repair of their mobile homes.

  2. Housing and Community Development Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–399 title III § 308(c)(4) · 94 Stat. 1614

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5416

    Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking out “Mobile Home” each place it 42 USC 5401. appears, other than in section 601, and inserting in lieu thereof “Manufactured Home” and by striking out “mobile home” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “manufactured home”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

References to “mobile homes”, wherever appearing in text, changed to “manufactured homes” in view of the amendment of title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (this chapter) by section 308(c)(4) of Pub. L. 96–399 requiring the substitution of “manufactured home” for “mobile home” wherever appearing in title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and section 339B(c) of Pub. L. 97–35 (set out as a note under section 1703 of Title 12, Banks and Banking) providing that the terms “mobile home” and “manufactured home” shall be deemed to include the terms “mobile homes” and “manufactured homes”, respectively.

Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of 180 days following , see section 627 of Pub. L. 93–383, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title.

Credits

1974–1981 · 3 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 617, , 88 Stat. 711
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), , 94 Stat. 1641
  3. 1981Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 339B(c), , 95 Stat. 417.
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(Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 617, , 88 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), , 94 Stat. 1641; Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 339B(c), , 95 Stat. 417.)

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