PART 1. EMPLOYEE HOUSING ACT [17000. - 17062.5.]
Part 1 added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 62.
§§ 17000–17062.5 · 67 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 17000–17011 · 17 sections
- § 17000 This part shall be known as the Employee Housing Act.
- § 17001 Buildings used for human habitation, and buildings accessory thereto, within employee housing shall comply with the building standards published in the State…
- § 17002 The provisions of this part are not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction not…
- § 17003 “Commission,” as used in this part, means the Commission of Housing and Community Development.
- § 17003.5 Any reference in this division to the Commission of Housing and Community Development shall be deemed to be to the Department of Housing and Community…
- § 17004 “Department,” as used in this part, means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
- § 17005 “Employee,” as used in this part, does not include any of the following: (a) A person engaged in household domestic service. (b) A person employed under…
- § 17005.5 (a) “Employee community housing” means a community of single family detached dwellings which meet all of the following requirements: (1) Each dwelling has a…
- § 17006 “Resident-employment housing,” as used in this part, means apartment houses, hotels, motels, or dwellings, where living quarters are provided for five or more…
- § 17007 “Enforcement agency,” as used in this part, means the Department of Housing and Community Development, or any city, county, or city and county which has…
- § 17008 (a) “Employee housing,” as used in this part, means any portion of any housing accommodation, or property upon which a housing accommodation is located, if all…
- § 17008.5 A tenant who is an agricultural employee residing in employee housing has all rights applicable to a person residing in employee housing, including the…
- § 17008.7 “Fund,” as used in this part, means the Employee Housing Regulation Fund established by Section 17036.
- § 17009 “Labor supply employee housing,” as used in this part, means any place, area, or piece of land where housing is provided for five or more employees or…
- § 17009.5 (a) “Person,” as used in this part, includes any natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company, joint stock company,…
- § 17010 (a) “Temporary employee housing,” as used in this part, means a labor camp which is not operated on the same site annually and which is established for one…
- § 17011 “Sleeping place,” as used in this part, means a dwelling, bunkhouse, tent, mobilehome, or other structure or shelter in which employees are housed in any…
CHAPTER 2. Application and Scope §§ 17020–17024 · 10 sections
- § 17020 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, the provisions of this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to…
- § 17021 (a) Except as provided in Sections 17021.5, 17021.6, and 17021.8, local use zone requirements, local fire zones, property line, source of water supply, and…
- § 17021.5 (a) Any employee housing which has qualified, or is intended to qualify, for a permit to operate pursuant to this part may invoke the provisions of this…
- § 17021.6 (a) The owner of any employee housing who has qualified or intends to qualify for a permit to operate pursuant to this part may invoke this section. (b) Any…
- § 17021.7 Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 18214, subdivision (b) of Section 18862.39, and subdivision (b) of Section 18862.47, mobilehomes and recreational…
- § 17021.8 (a) A development proponent may submit an application for a development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, provided in subdivision…
- § 17022 Enforcement of occupational safety and health standards established pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 140) of Division 1 of the Labor Code is…
- § 17022.5 The department shall adopt, and make available to the public, model or prototype plans for several types of employee housing, including, but not limited to,…
- § 17023 (a) Rules and regulations adopted or continued in effect pursuant to the provisions of this part relating to the erection or construction of buildings or…
- § 17024 This part does not apply to resident-employment housing provided for faculty or employees of any public or privately operated school, college, or university.…
CHAPTER 3. Permits and Fees §§ 17030–17039 · 19 sections
- § 17030 (a) Every person operating employee housing shall obtain a permit to operate that employee housing from the enforcement agency, unless otherwise exempted by…
- § 17030.5 (a) A permit to operate employee housing consisting only of permanent single-family housing may, when approved by the enforcement agency, be issued for a…
- § 17030.10 (a) The department shall establish an application and review process for certifying that a person is an affordable housing organization qualified to operate…
- § 17031 (a) (1) The operator of employee housing on a dairy farm that meets the requirements of Section 32505 of the Food and Agricultural Code, consisting only of…
- § 17031.3 (a) Every person operating or owning employee community housing shall obtain a permit to operate such housing as a labor camp pursuant to this part unless an…
- § 17031.4 When the enforcement agency is a local agency, upon granting an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.3, the enforcement agency shall submit the following…
- § 17031.5 (a) No person operating employee housing shall terminate or modify a tenancy by increasing rent, decreasing services, threatening to bring or bringing an…
- § 17031.6 (a) In any action brought pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1159) of Title 3 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in order to evict a tenant…
- § 17031.7 (a) No person operating employee community housing that has been granted an exemption pursuant to Section 17031.3, or who is in the process of applying for…
- § 17031.8 (a) An agency that exercises the responsibility for the enforcement of this part pursuant to Section 17050 shall submit to the Department of Housing and…
- § 17032 Application for a permit to operate shall be made to the enforcement agency at least 45 days prior to the date of initial occupancy and shall be on the forms…
- § 17033 Section 17032 shall not apply to employee housing owned or operated by railroad corporations. Application for a permit to operate employee housing owned or…
- § 17034 If any person who holds an annual permit to operate employee housing violates any of the provisions of this part, building standards published in the State…
- § 17035 (a) The department shall establish and maintain a roster of all employee housing having a valid permit to operate. (b) The department shall establish and…
- § 17036 (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt regulations that it determines are necessary for the administration and enforcement of this…
- § 17037 A person, or the agent or officer thereof, constructing, operating, or maintaining employee housing shall comply with the requirements of this part, with…
- § 17037.5 (a) A person who ceases to operate or maintain employee housing that is subject to the permit requirement pursuant to this part shall complete and submit…
- § 17038 At all employee housing, a responsible person shall be appointed by the operator to maintain the employee housing in compliance with the use, maintenance, and…
- § 17039 (a) Every occupant of employee housing shall properly use the facilities furnished and shall comply with the relevant maintenance and sanitation provisions of…
CHAPTER 4. Rules and Regulations §§ 17040–17044 · 5 sections
- § 17040 (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the department shall adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations for the protection of the public health, safety,…
- § 17041 (a) Except as provided in Section 17011, the rules and regulations adopted, amended, or repealed from time to time pursuant to this part shall be consistent…
- § 17042 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section…
- § 17043 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the condition rendering any of the accommodations in a labor camp substandard is the overcrowding of the… see note
- § 17044 (a) The department may review, adopt, amend, or repeal standards, forms, or definitions in order to implement Sections 17030.10 and 17037. Any standards,…
CHAPTER 5. Enforcement §§ 17050–17056 · 7 sections
- § 17050 (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the Department of Housing and Community Development may promulgate rules and regulations to interpret and make…
- § 17051 For the purpose of securing compliance with this part, the officers and agents of the enforcement agency may serve any process or notice throughout its…
- § 17052 The enforcement agency shall annually enter and inspect, and reinspect as necessary, all employee housing accommodations for compliance with the provisions of…
- § 17053 The department shall maintain a file of all reports of complaint or other significant information regarding employee housing maintenance and operation. Each…
- § 17054 The Attorney General, upon the request of the Director of Housing and Community Development, shall conduct such investigations as may be necessary to determine…
- § 17055 (a) Any person residing in employee housing subject to this part may file an administrative complaint orally or in writing with the enforcement agency. The…
- § 17056 (a) In every part of the state, notwithstanding assumption of responsibilities by local enforcement agencies pursuant to Section 17050, the department shall…
CHAPTER 6. Violations §§ 17060–17062.5 · 9 sections
- § 17060 (a) Any employee housing which does not conform to this part, building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to employee housing,…
- § 17060.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the operator of employee housing shall provide a resident of every unit in the employee housing with a written…
- § 17060.5 (a) The sale or other transfer of property to a third party shall not render moot an action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter and instituted by an…
- § 17061 (a) Any person who violates, or causes another person to violate, any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than…
- § 17061.5 (a) Any person who is convicted pursuant to Section 17061 for a second or subsequent time within a five-year period or is convicted pursuant to subdivision (d)…
- § 17061.7 (a) Any person found in contempt of a court order or injunction pursuant to Section 17060, or who is convicted pursuant to Section 17061, for a second or…
- § 17061.9 (a) In addition to other remedies provided in this part, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development or his or her designee or an…
- § 17062 (a) Any state or local agency which participated in the investigation and enforcement pursuant to this part shall be reimbursed for its investigative and legal…
- § 17062.5 All fines, civil penalties, and damages awarded pursuant to this part shall be paid as provided in this section. The court order shall direct payment of these…