(a) No person may sell, lease or install for use in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania any industrialized housing or housing components manufactured after the effective date of the duly promulgated rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 5 of this act¹ unless such industrialized housing or housing components bear insignia of certification issued by the department. The prohibition on installation shall not apply to the installation of industrialized housing units or housing components intended for prototype, experimental, or demonstration purposes in or on a site designated as a test facility, except that such units shall not be sold or leased unless they bear insignia of certification issued by the department.

(b) The department is hereby authorized to enter into interdepartmental agreements for the purposes of administration of this act.

(c) The department may issue insignia of certification to any industrialized housing or housing components manufactured prior to the effective date of the duly promulgated rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 5 of this act if such industrialized housing or housing components comply with the standards established by such rules and regulations.

(d) All industrialized housing or housing components manufactured prior to the effective date of the duly promulgated rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 5 of this act and not carrying the insignia of certification may be sold, leased or installed in any municipality of the Commonwealth subject to any and all local ordinances, regulations, building codes, and special local requirements.

(e) Except in cases of waterline connections to their main source of supply; sewer drainage line connections to main sewers or cesspools; or electrical line connections to their main source of power, all industrialized housing or housing components bearing an insignia of certification pursuant to the requirements of this section shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of all building and related codes and ordinances enacted by any local government of the Commonwealth thereof applicable to housing and/or home building in construction, plumbing, heating, electrical, and other related codes pertaining to such construction, and equipment contained within and including the exterior walls of such industrialized housing.

(f) No industrialized housing or housing components bearing a department insignia of certification pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be in any way modified prior to or during installation unless modification is permitted by the duly promulgated rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 5 of this act.

(g) No provision of this act shall apply to industrialized housing or housing components installed on any site in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to the adoption of this act.

(h) Nothing in this act shall be construed as amending or repealing any of the provisions of the Fire and Panic Act² or its application to building construction or use or occupancy.

(i) Nothing in this act shall be construed as amending, repealing or superseding any local zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, or any related locally adopted land development code, regulation or ordinance.

(j) The department shall adopt regulations that are consistent with the requirements of the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L. 491, No. 45),³ known as the “Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,” to administer a certification program as described in this section to regulate the construction, installation standards and inspection of industrialized/commercial modular buildings shipped from the factory and industrialized/commercial building modules shipped from the factory. Modules of industrialized/commercial modular buildings that are certified under the program established pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the “Pennsylvania Construction Code Act.”