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553.36  Definitions.--The definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this part unless the context otherwise requires.

(1)  "Approved" means conforming to the requirements of the Department of Community Affairs.

(2)  "Approved inspection agency" means an organization determined by the department to be especially qualified by reason of facilities, personnel, experience, and demonstrated reliability to investigate, test, and evaluate manufactured building units or systems or the component parts thereof, together with the plans, specifications, and quality control procedures to ensure that such units, systems, or component parts are in full compliance with the standards adopted by the department pursuant to this part and to label such units complying with those standards.

(3)  "Closed construction" means that condition when any building, component, assembly, subassembly, or system is manufactured in such a manner that all portions cannot be readily inspected at the installation site without disassembly or destruction thereof.

(4)  "Open construction" means any building, building component, assembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions can be readily inspected at the building site without disassembly thereof, damage thereto, or destruction thereof.

(5)  "Component" means any assembly, subassembly, or combination of parts for use as a part of a building, which may include structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection systems and other systems affecting health and safety.

(6)  "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.

(7)  "Insignia" means an approved device or seal issued by the department to indicate compliance with the standards and rules established pursuant to this part.

(8)  "Install" means the assembly of a manufactured building component or system on site and the process of affixing a manufactured building component or system to land, a foundation, or an existing building, and service connections which are a part thereof.

(9)  "Local government" means any municipality, county, district, or combination thereof comprising a governmental unit.

(10)  "Manufacture" means the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming, or assembling a product from raw, unfinished, semifinished, or finished materials.

(11)  "Manufactured building" means a closed structure, building assembly, or system of subassemblies, which may include structural, electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, or other service systems manufactured in manufacturing facilities for installation or erection, with or without other specified components, as a finished building or as part of a finished building, which shall include, but not be limited to, residential, commercial, institutional, storage, and industrial structures. This part does not apply to mobile homes. Manufactured building may also mean, at the option of the manufacturer, any building of open construction made or assembled in manufacturing facilities away from the building site for installation, or assembly and installation, on the building site.

(12)  "Mobile home" means any residential unit constructed to standards promulgated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(13)  "Site" is the location on which a manufactured building is installed or is to be installed.

(14)  "System" means structural, plumbing, mechanical, heating, electrical, or ventilating elements, materials, or components combined for use in a building.

History.--s. 2, ch. 71-172; s. 1, ch. 74-208; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 1, 6, ch. 79-152; s. 76, ch. 81-167; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 79, ch. 83-55; ss. 3, 4, ch. 84-32; s. 4, ch. 91-429.