{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"6319.3","citation":"Lab. Code, § 6319.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT [6300. - 9254.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-5"},{"name":"PART 1. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH [6300. - 6725.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-5/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Jurisdiction and Duties [6300. - 6332.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-5/part-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 928, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 1994.","effective":"1994-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section and subdivision (j) of Section <a href=\"/lab/6401.7\">6401.7</a>, no civil penalty shall be assessed against any new employer in the state for a violation of any standard developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/lab/6401.7\">6401.7</a> for a period of one year after the date the new employer establishes a business in the state.</p><p>(b) Subdivision (a) shall only apply to an employer who has made a good faith effort to comply with any standard developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/lab/6401.7\">6401.7</a>, but shall not apply if the employer is found to have committed a serious, willful, or repeated violation of that standard, or fails to abate the violation and is assessed a penalty pursuant to Section <a href=\"/lab/6430\">6430</a>.</p>","text":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section and subdivision (j) of Section 6401.7, no civil penalty shall be assessed against any new employer in the state for a violation of any standard developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6401.7 for a period of one year after the date the new employer establishes a business in the state. (b) Subdivision (a) shall only apply to an employer who has made a good faith effort to comply with any standard developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6401.7, but shall not apply if the employer is found to have committed a serious, willful, or repeated violation of that standard, or fails to abate the violation and is assessed a penalty pursuant to Section 6430.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/jurisdiction-and-duties-6319-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}