675 IAC 15-1.2-4 Signatories to design release application

Sec. 4. (a) All design release applications must be signed by the manufacturer as follows: (1) For a corporation, the signatory shall be a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of this section, "responsible corporate officer" means a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy making or decision making functions for the corporation. (2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship, the signatory shall be a general partner or the proprietor, respectively. (3) Alternatively, a duly authorized representative of a signatory listed under subdivision (1) or (2) may be the signatory on the application. A person is a duly authorized representative only if: (A) the authorization is made in writing by an individual described in subdivision (1) or (2); (B) the authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility in the industrialized building or mobile structures manufacturing facility of plant manager, superintendent, position of equivalent responsibility, or an individual or position having overall responsibility for building and fire safety matters for the manufacturer; and (C) the written authorization is submitted to the office of the state building commissioner, if requested. (b) The manufacturer shall make the following affirmation on the application: I affirm, under penalty of perjury, that: (1) the proposed industrialized building system or mobile structure will be fabricated in compliance with all applicable rules of the commission; and (2) the construction of the proposed industrialized building system or mobile structure will not deviate from the plans and specifications submitted with the application and released by the office of the state building commissioner except as authorized under section 11 of this rule. (c) If a design professional is required by section 8 of this rule, the design professional shall make the following affirmation on the application: I affirm under penalty of perjury that: (1) the information contained in the application is true, accurate, and complete; (2) the plans and specifications submitted with the application: (A) were either prepared by myself or under my direct supervision; and (B) provided for the industrialized building system or mobile structure will meet all building laws as that term is defined by IC 22-12-1-3; and (3) I will inspect the construction covered by the application at intervals appropriate to the stage of the fabrication to verify and ensure that the work is proceeding in accordance with the system release.