GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 487 
HOUSE BILL 1008 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD ACT AND TO MAKE THE TERMINOLOGY REGARDING MANUFACTURED HOUSING CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL STATUTES. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-143.11(e) is amended by deleting the phrase "receipt of notice of expiration" and substituting the phrase "expiration of the license". 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-143.12(a)(1) is amended by deleting "fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)" and substituting "one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)". 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 143-143.13(a)(6) is rewritten to read: 
"(6)	Having knowingly failed or refused to account for or to pay over moneys or other valuables belonging to others which have come into licensee's possession arising out of the sale of manufactured homes." 
Sec. 4. G.S. 143-143.13(a) is amended by adding new subsections (9) through (13) as follows: 
"(9)	Failure to appear before the Board upon due notice or to follow directives of the Board issued pursuant to this Part; 
(10)	Employing unlicensed retail salesmen; (11)	Knowingly offering for sale the products of manufacturers who are not licensed pursuant to this Part or selling, to dealers not licensed pursuant to this Part, manufactured homes which are to be sold in this State to buyers as defined in this Part; 
(12)	Conviction of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude; 
(13)	Having had a license revoked, suspended or denied by the Board under this Part; or having had a license revoked, suspended or denied by a similar entity in another state; or engaging in conduct in another state which conduct, if committed in this State, would have been a violation under this Part." 
Sec. 5.  G.S. 143-143.13(b) is amended by deleting "two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00)" and inserting "five hundred dollars ($500.00)". 
Sec. 6.  Article 9A, Part 1 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: 
"§ 143-143.24. Engaging in business without license a misdemeanor.–If any person shall unlawfully act as a manufactured home manufacturer, dealer, salesman, or set-up contractor without first obtaining a license from the North Carolina Manufactured Housing Board, as provided in this Part, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." 
Sec. 7.  Article 9A, Part 2 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by substituting "manufactured home" for the term "mobile home" wherever this term shall appear. 
Sec. 8.  G.S. 42-36.1 is amended by deleting the term "mobile homes" and substituting the term "manufactured homes". 
Sec. 9.  Article 11 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by substituting "manufactured home" for "mobile home" wherever this term shall appear. 
Sec. 10.  Section 2 of this act shall become effective July 1, 1986.  The remaining sections of this act are effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1985.