N.Y. Executive Law § 601: Definitions

§ 601. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following

terms shall have the following meanings:

1. "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership,

limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other legal

entity.

2. "Delivered condition" means the physical condition of the home

after delivery and installation at the home site has been completed.

3. "Department" means the department of state.

4. "Installation" means:

(a) the affixation of a manufactured home to a foundation or supports

at a building site;

(b) the assembly and fastening of structural components of

manufactured housing, including the completed roof system; and

(c) the connection to electrical, oil, water, gas, sewage and similar

systems that are necessary for the use of the manufactured home for

dwelling purposes.

5. "Installer" means any person or business entity, including, but not

limited to, a retailer or mechanic, who installs or sets up a

manufactured home for a buyer.

6. "Lending entity" means a financial institution, mortgage lender or

other individual or entity that holds a mortgage or other security

interest in a manufactured home, such home being the subject of a

complaint filed with the department pursuant to the provisions of this

article.

7. "Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more

sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in

width or forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is

three hundred twenty 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. The term shall include any structure that meets all

of the requirements of this subdivision except the size requirements and

with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification

required by the United States secretary of housing and urban development

and complies with the standards established under Title 42 of the United

States code; and except that such term shall not include any

self-propelled recreational vehicle.

8. "Manufacturer" means any person or business entity engaged in

manufacturing or producing manufactured homes.

9. "Mechanic" means any person or business entity engaged in the

business of performing service on or installing manufactured housing.

10. "Retailer" means any person or business entity engaged in the

retail selling or offering for sale, brokering or distribution of

manufactured homes, primarily to a person who, in good faith, purchases

these homes for purposes other than resale.

11. "Secretary" means the secretary of state.

12. "Service" means the modification, alteration or repair of the

structural systems of a manufactured home.

13. "State administrative agency" or "SAA" means the department of

state which has been approved to carry out the state plan and enforce

the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act

(42 USC 5401, et seq.) within the state of New York, and that office

within the department of state that has been designated by the secretary

to perform such duties.

14. "Advisory council" shall mean the manufactured housing advisory

council.