H*4350(Rat #0350, Act #0272 of 2010)  General Bill, By Limehouse, Sottile, 
Gilliard and Mack
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-29-340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT
 FOR A SALE OF A PREVIOUSLY OWNED MANUFACTURED HOME, THE BUYER AND SELLER MUST
 CERTIFY THAT AT LEAST TWO FUNCTIONING SMOKE DETECTORS ARE IN THE HOME. -
 ratified title

   01/19/10  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-2
   01/19/10  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry HJ-2
   04/22/10  House  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry HJ-3
   04/27/10  House  Read second time HJ-34
   04/28/10  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-24
   04/29/10  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-14
   04/29/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry SJ-14
   05/26/10  Senate Polled out of committee Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry SJ-16
   05/26/10  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
                     Commerce and Industry SJ-16
   06/01/10  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-52
   06/01/10  Senate Read second time SJ-52
   06/02/10  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-31
   06/15/10  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-73
   06/15/10  House  Roll call Yeas-110  Nays-2 HJ-73
   06/21/10         Ratified R 350
   06/28/10         Became law without Governor's signature
   07/02/10         Effective date 06/28/10
   07/08/10         Act No. 272

(A272, R350, H4350)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-29-340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR A SALE OF A PREVIOUSLY OWNED MANUFACTURED HOME, THE BUYER AND SELLER MUST CERTIFY THAT AT LEAST TWO FUNCTIONING SMOKE DETECTORS ARE IN THE HOME.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Criteria for certifying manufactured home; certification of smoke detectors in previously owned manufactured home

SECTION    1.    Section 40-29-340 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 61 of 2001, is amended to read:

"Section 40-29-340.    No person may sell or offer for sale a manufactured home manufactured after June 15, 1976, unless its components, systems, and appliances meet the criteria of compliance with the Construction and Safety Standards Act and have been properly certified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For the sale of a previously owned manufactured home, the buyer and seller shall sign a form certifying both persons have determined at least two functioning smoke detectors are in the home."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 21st day of June, 2010.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/28/2010.