PURPOSE: This rule provides for payment of an inspection fee by manufacturers of new manufactured homes for each home delivered to dealers in the state of Missouri pursuant to section 700.040, RSMo.

1. (1) The commission establishes an inspection fee to be assessed on all new manufactured homes delivered or sold to dealers in the state of Missouri which shall be paid by the manufacturer of each home. Said inspection fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) for each home each manufacturer delivers or sells to a dealer in the state of Missouri.
2. (2) Manufacturers of new manufactured homes shall remit to the manager on a monthly basis an amount that equals the number of new manufactured homes delivered or sold to dealers in the state of Missouri, multiplied by seventy-five dollars ($75). Each manufacturer shall submit said fee with any monthly delivery reports, or other filing, or documentation as may be required by the commission. Said fee shall be received no later than the twentieth day following the month in which new manufactured homes were delivered or sold to dealers in the state of Missouri.
3. (3) The commission may suspend the manufacturer’s certificate of registration for failure to pay the inspection fee within thirty (30) days of the prescribed due date.

4. (4) The following situations constitute grounds for the denial, revocation, or placing on probation of a manufacturer’s certificate of registration:

   1. (A) Failure to pay the inspection fee by the prescribed due date for two (2) consecutive AND INSURANCE Division 4240—Public Service Commission

months; or

1. (B) Failure to pay the inspection fee by the prescribed due date for any four (4) of the preceding twelve (12) months.

1. (5) The manager shall submit to the commission any written request for a waiver of fees identified in this section, and the commission may grant such a waiver for good cause shown.
2. (6) The manager shall deliver copies of the commission’s order establishing the new manufactured home manufacturer’s inspection fee to all existing registered manufacturers. The manager shall also deliver a copy of the commission’s order establishing the fee with each approved certificate of manufacturer registration.

AUTHORITY: sections 700.040 and 700.115, RSMo 2016.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-120.140. Emergency rule filed Jan. 24, 2003, effective Feb. 3, 2003, expired Aug. 1, 2003. Original rule filed Feb. 27, 2003, effective July 30, 2003. Amended: Filed July 6, 2017, effective March 30, 2018. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-120.140, effective Aug. 28, 2019. Amended: Filed July 29, 2021, effective Feb. 28, 2022. *Original authority: 700.040, RSMo 1973, amended 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, and 700.115, RSMo 1976, amended 1978, 1982, 1984, 1995, 2008.