                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ENFORCEMENT (§ 36-85.5)

The Department of Housing and Community Development is designated as the agency
of this State Administrative Agency plan approved by HUD. The Administrator is
authorized to perform the following functions:

1. Enforce the Federal Standards with respect to all manufactured homes
manufactured in Virginia;

2. Assure that no state or local standard conflicts with those Federal Standards
governing manufactured housing construction and performance;

3. Enter and inspect factories, warehouses, or establishments in which
manufactured homes are manufactured, stored, or offered for sale as may be
required;

4. Seek enforcement of the civil and criminal penalties established by &#xA7;
36-85.12 of this law;

5. Carry out the notification and correction procedures specified in the Federal
Regulations, including holding such hearings and making such determinations as
may be necessary and requiring manufacturers in the Commonwealth to provide such
notifications and corrections as may be required by the Federal Regulations;

6. Employ such qualified personnel as may be necessary to carry out the approved
plan for enforcement and otherwise administer this law;

7. Require manufacturers, distributors, and dealers in the Commonwealth to make
reports to the Secretary in the same manner and to the same extent as if such
plan were not in effect;

8. Participate, advise, assist, and cooperate with other state, federal, public,
and private agencies in carrying out the approved plan for enforcement;

9. Provide for participation by the SAA in any interstate monitoring activities
which may be carried out on behalf of HUD;

10. Receive consumer complaints and take such actions on the complaints as may
be required by the Federal Regulations;

11. Give satisfactory assurance to HUD that the SAA has and will have the legal
authority necessary for enforcement of the Federal Standards;

12. Take such other actions as may be necessary to comply with Federal
Regulations and Standards referenced in this law.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 37.