Section 17037 - ComplianceA 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) A 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) A 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.(c) Notwithstanding Section 17061, a landowner who obtained approval of an agricultural employee housing development pursuant to Section 17021.8 shall be subject to an administrative penalty issued by the department if the landowner fails to select an alternative certified person to operate and maintain the agricultural employee housing development as required by subdivision (c) of Section 17037.5.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 17037
Amended by Stats 2019 ch 866 (AB 1783),s 14, eff. 1/1/2020.