H 3196 Session 109 (1991-1992)
H 3196 General Bill, By J. Brown, Bailey, Harvin, H.H. Keyserling, J.G. Mattos,
F.E. McBride, Scott, L.S. Whipper and D. Williams
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
40-29-105 so as to require a retail dealer in mobile homes to certify that the
purchaser's lot meets applicable zoning requirements and applicable South
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control regulation for wells
and septic tanks and to provide that a contract of sale not containing the
certificate is voidable by the purchaser.
01/09/91 House Introduced and read first time HJ-16
01/09/91 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry HJ-16
04/09/91 House Tabled in committee
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
BY ADDING SECTION 40-29-105 SO AS TO REQUIRE A RETAIL
DEALER IN MOBILE HOMES TO CERTIFY THAT THE
PURCHASER'S LOT MEETS APPLICABLE ZONING
REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICABLE SOUTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
REGULATION FOR WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS AND TO
PROVIDE THAT A CONTRACT OF SALE NOT CONTAINING THE
CERTIFICATE IS VOIDABLE BY THE PURCHASER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 29, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by
adding:
"Section 40-29-105. A contract of sale for a mobile home
between a retail dealer and a purchaser who intends to place the mobile
home on a lot in this State is voidable by the purchaser without penalty
unless there is attached to and incorporated into the contract the retail
dealer's certificate that the lot specified by the purchaser as the site on
which the mobile home is to be located:
(1) meets applicable zoning requirements;
(2) meets or can be made to meet regulations of the South
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control governing
wells and septic tanks, if the lot is served or is to be served by a well or
septic tank, or both."
SECTION 2. Section 40-29-105 of the 1976 Code as added by this act
applies to contracts of sale executed after July 1, 1991.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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