Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 4240 - Public Service Commission
Chapter 123 - Modular Units
Section 20 CSR 4240-123.040 - Approval of Manufacturing Programs

(1) To have a manufacturing program considered for approval, the manufacturer who will use the program for which approval is sought shall submit a completed application, along with the following, to the manufactured housing and modular units program. The application may be obtained from the manager upon request, or from the commission's website at www.psc.mo.gov:

(2) Both dealer or selling agent and manufacturer shall register with the Public Service Commission's Manufactured Housing and Modular Units Program before any sales are made by either party. A nonrefundable fee as set forth in section 700.090, RSMo, shall accompany each request for an approval or re-approval of such registration. The registration must be renewed annually.

(3) Approval of a manufacturing program shall be evidenced by the manager's stamp of approval on the quality control manual and detailed plans which comprise the program. Upon approval of a manufacturing program the manager shall return to the manufacturer a copy of the plan approval form for the quality control manual and any plans approved which bear the manager's stamp of approval. A copy of the original of such approved quality control manual and detailed plans shall be retained at each location where the manufacturing program which they comprise is implemented.

(4) The manager has ten (10) days to consider a request for approval of a manufacturing program submitted pursuant to sections (1)-(3) above. A notice of refusal shall specify the reason for refusal.

(5) Modifications to, or variances from, any commission-approved plan that are related to the code under which a plan was approved shall be submitted in writing to the manager for written approval. The submission shall include a demonstration that the modifications or variances comply with the code. All unapproved modifications or variances from the commission-approved plan are grounds for revocation of approval of the commission-approved plan and may result in the manager filing a complaint with the commission.

(6) Approval of a manufacturing program shall expire when the code under which such program was approved is revised or replaced. Reapproval of a manufacturing program whose approval has expired shall be obtained in the same manner that approval of a manufacturing program is originally obtained.

(7) The manager shall file with the commission a request to withdraw approval of a manufacturing program if the manager finds-

(8) The commission may withdraw approval of a manufacturing program if the commission finds-

(9) An entity which produces modular units under an approved manufacturing program shall mail or deliver to the manager, by the tenth day of each month, a report which identifies the dealer's name and location; the make, model, and serial number of each modular unit to which seals have been affixed since the previous report and the seal number of each unit since the last report.

(10) To receive approval of a manufacturing program the manufacturer must also submit one (1) copy of detailed plans and installation diagrams for each type of modular unit which will be produced under the manufacturing program. Such detailed plans shall at least include, for every part or component for which the code contains a requirement, a description which is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the code.

(11) All subsequent modular unit plans and installation diagrams including foundation plans, if applicable, for each additional type of modular unit (or model) to be manufactured must also be submitted to the manager for approval. Modular unit plan approvals shall be annually submitted for renewal on all models still in production. Each submittal shall include: