The commissioner may establish a monitoring inspection fee in an amount established by the secretary. This monitoring inspection fee shall be an amount paid by each manufactured home manufacturer in this state for each manufactured home produced by the manufacturer in this state. The monitoring inspection fee shall be paid by the manufacturer to the secretary or the secretary's agent, who shall distribute the fees collected from all manufactured home manufacturers among the approved and conditionally approved states based on the number of new manufactured homes whose first location after leaving the manufacturing plant is on the premises of a distributor, retailer or purchaser in that state, and the extent of participation of the state in the joint team monitoring program established under the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.).Acts 1979, ch. 310, § 7; 1981, ch. 301, § 1; T.C.A., § 53-4827; Acts 1987, ch. 120, §§ 7, 8; T.C.A., § 68-36-207; Acts 2002, ch. 793, § 1; 2005, ch. 379, § 8.
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