Section 601. Definitions

For  the purposes of this article 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.