Authority: IC 25-23.7-3-8

Affected: IC 25-23.7-5

Sec. 1. (a) In addition to meeting the requirements in IC 25-23.7-5 and 879 IAC 1-4, at the time of making application, an applicant for a manufactured home installer license must submit either of the following:

1. (1) Proof of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to transact business in Indiana showing that the applicant, either directly or through the applicant's employer, is covered by a policy of general liability insurance with products/completed operations coverage in the minimum amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per occurrence, one million dollars ($1,000,000) aggregate.

2. (2) Post with the board a surety bond that:

   1. (A) names the applicant as the principal;
   2. (B) obligates the surety in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the board in favor of the state;
   3. (C) requires the principal, if granted a license, to install manufactured homes in conformance with the manufacturer's installation manual and to observe all applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations; and
   4. (D) authorizes the board to declare the bond in default and to levy against the surety and the principal under the bond for the payment of actual damages to any person who is harmed as a result of the principal's violation of the requirements described in clause (C).

(b) The applicant shall immediately notify the board of any change in, or termination of, the insurance coverage or surety bond coverage submitted with the application and provide the board with evidence of substitute coverage. Upon a licensee's failure to comply with this section, the license of the licensee shall be suspended. A license suspended under this subsection may not be reinstated until the applicant has provided proper proof of insurance to the board.

(Manufactured Home Installer Licensing Board; 879 IAC 1-5-1; filed May 11, 2005, 2:00 p.m.: 28 IR 2983; readopted filed Nov 22, 2011, 12:18 p.m.: 20111221-IR-879110372RFA; readopted filed Dec 1, 2017, 1:54 p.m.: 20171227-IR-879170407RFA; readopted filed Jun 22, 2023, 8:49 a.m.: 20230719-IR-879230087RFA)