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DIVISION 13. HOUSING 17000-19997›PART 1. EMPLOYEE HOUSING ACT 17000-17062.5›CHAPTER 3. Permits and Fees 17030-17039

§ 17037

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person, or the agent or officer thereof, constructing, operating, or maintaining employee housing shall comply with the requirements of this part, with building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee housing, and with the other regulations adopted pursuant to this part.

(a) Any person operating or maintaining employee housing without first having obtained a permit to operate from the enforcement agency shall pay double the fees prescribed for the permit to operate the employee housing.

(b) Any person found for a second or subsequent time within a five-year period to be operating or maintaining employee housing without first having obtained a permit to operate from the enforcement agency shall pay 10 times the fees prescribed for the permit to operate the employee housing. The two or more violations referenced in this paragraph may be with regard either to the same enforcement agency or to two or more different enforcement agencies.

(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1298, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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