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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 1 - Determination and Notice › Section 14905.

14905. The officer, board or commission abating the nuisance shall keep an account of the cost of abatement in front of or on each separate parcel of land and shall render an itemized report in writing to the board of supervisors showing the cost of removing the weeds on or in front of each separate lot or parcel of land, or both.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 1 - Determination and Notice › Section 14906.

14906. Before the report is submitted to the board of supervisors, a copy of it shall be posted for at least three days on or near the chamber door of the board with a notice of the time when the report will be submitted to the board for confirmation.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Report › Section 14910.

14910. At the time fixed for receiving and considering the report, the board shall hear it and any objections of any of the property owners liable to be assessed for the work of abatement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Report › Section 14911.

14911. Thereupon the board may make such modifications in the report as it deems necessary, after which, by order or resolution, the report shall be confirmed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Report › Section 14912.

14912. The amount of the costs for abating the nuisance in front of or upon the various parcels of the land mentioned in the report as confirmed and the amount of the costs incurred by the responsible agency in enforcing abatement upon the parcels, including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, clerical and other related costs, shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of land, and are a lien on the property for the amount of the respective assessments. Such lien attaches upon recordation in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated of a certified copy of the resolution of confirmation. The assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal ad valorem taxes shall be applicable to such assessment, except that if any real property to which such lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the lien which would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not attach to such real property and the costs of abatement and the costs of enforcing abatement, as confirmed, relating to such property shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 352, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14915.

14915. A copy of the report, as confirmed, shall be turned over to the auditor of the county, on or before the tenth day of August following such confirmation, and the auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective assessments against the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll.
(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 354.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14916.

14916. The tax collector shall include the amount of the assessment on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14917.

14917. Thereafter the amounts of the assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected, and are subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary county taxes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14918.

14918. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to such special assessment taxes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14919.

14919. The county tax collector may, in his discretion, issue separate bills for such special assessment taxes and separate receipts for collection on account of such assessments.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14920.

14920. All or any portion of any such special assessment, penalty or costs heretofore or hereafter entered, shall on order of the board of supervisors be canceled by the auditor if uncollected, or, except in the case provided for in subdivision (e) hereof, refunded by the county treasurer if collected, if it or they were entered, charged or paid:
(a)  More than once;
(b)  Through clerical error;
(c)  Through the error or mistake of the board of supervisors or of the officer, board or commission designated by them to give notice or to destroy the weeds, in respect to any material fact, including the case where the cost report rendered and confirmed as hereinbefore provided shows the county abated the weeds but such is not the actual fact;
(d)  Illegally;
(e)  On property acquired after the lien date by the State or by any county, city, school district or other political subdivision and because of this public ownership not subject to sale for delinquent taxes.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 69.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14921.

14921. No order for a refund under the foregoing section shall be made except on a claim:
(a)  Verified by the person who paid the special assessment, his guardian, executor, or administrator;
(b)  Filed within three years after making of the payment sought to be refunded.
The provisions of this section do not apply to cancellations.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 69.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement › ARTICLE 3 - Collection of Expenses › Section 14922.

14922. The lien, whether bonds issued to represent the assessment or otherwise, shall be subordinate to all fixed special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, but it shall have priority over all fixed special assessment liens which may thereafter be created against the property. The lien of a reassessment and of a refunding assessment shall be the same as the original assessment to which it relates. A supplemental assessment is a new assessment.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1465.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 6 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH: ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE › Section 14930.

14930. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, compel the owner, lessee, or occupant of buildings, grounds, or lots in the county, to remove dirt, rubbish, weeds, or other rank growths from such property and adjacent sidewalks. If the owner, lessee, or occupant defaults, after notice prescribed by such ordinance, the board may authorize the removal or destruction of the dirt, rubbish, weeds, or rank growths at his expense by a county officer. The board may, by ordinance, prescribe a procedure for such removal or destruction and make the expense a lien upon the real property in accordance with Section 25845 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 154.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 6 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH: ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE › Section 14931.

14931. The ordinance may require or provide any of the following:
(a)  Require and provide for the removal of grass, weeds, or other obstructions from the sidewalks, parkings, or streets and make the cost of removal a lien upon the abutting property.
(b)  Require or provide for the removal from property, lands, or lots of all weeds, rubbish, or other material dangerous or injurious to neighboring property or the health or welfare of residents of the vicinity and make the cost of removal a lien upon the property.
(c)  Provide for the enforcement of the lien by the sale of the property or otherwise.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 154.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 7 - CIGARETTE LIGHTERS › Section 14940.

14940. The Legislature finds and declares that unreasonable risks of death and serious bodily injury are caused by fires started by the operation of cigarette lighters by children. The Legislature further finds and declares that these risks are sufficiently severe to require the enactment of standards to reduce the risks.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 904, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 7 - CIGARETTE LIGHTERS › Section 14941.

14941. As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)  “Cigarette lighter” means a device used to light cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, but does not mean a match. “Cigarette lighter” includes a device, such as a watch, that may be used to light cigarettes, cigars, and pipes even though it is primarily used for other purposes. “Cigarette lighter” does not include lighters that are refillable and have a gross fueled weight of at least 35 grams.
(b)  “Operate” means the ability to cause a cigarette lighter to ignite.
(c)  “Special design” means a design of a cigarette lighter that results in the cigarette lighter being significantly difficult for children under five years of age to operate.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 904, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 7 - CIGARETTE LIGHTERS › Section 14942.

14942. (a)  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations by January 1, 1994, that specify standards for the special design of cigarette lighters, using an 80 percent acceptance criterion with respect to safety features that prevent operation of the lighters by children five years of age or younger. The State Fire Marshal shall select a test protocol from those which have been submitted, on or before the effective date of this act, to the Consumer Products Safety Commission of the United States. If federal standards for the special design of cigarette lighters are adopted, the federal standard shall take precedence over a regulation adopted pursuant to this section, and the regulation shall have no force or effect.
(b)  Each manufacturer shall provide for the testing of its products that are subject to this section, through laboratories approved by the State Fire Marshal, and shall bear the cost of product testing according to the approved plan and test protocol. The State Fire Marshal may collect fees from manufacturers to pay for the application and approval process in conjunction with administering this section. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Cigarette Lighter Safety Account in the General Fund, which is hereby created. Moneys in that account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for reimbursement of the State Fire Marshal’s costs in processing applications and approvals under this section. This section shall remain operative only if and when federal standards for the special design of cigarette lighters for the purpose stated in this section are not in effect.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. Inoperative, by its own provisions, when federal standards are in effect.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 7 - CIGARETTE LIGHTERS › Section 14943.

14943. (a)  No person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute a cigarette lighter that does not comply with the standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 14942.
(b)  Any person who violates subdivision (a) is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished by a fine of up to one hundred dollars ($100) for each cigarette lighter that is sold in violation of subdivision (a).
(c)  This section shall not become operative until the State Fire Marshal adopts standards pursuant to Section 14942 and shall be operative only when those regulations are in effect as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 14942.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. Section operative, by its own provisions, only when state regulations specified in Section 14942 are in effect.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14950.

14950. (a) This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Act.
(b) As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Cigarette” means a cigarette as defined in Section 30003 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, but does not include a little cigar. “Little cigar” means any roll of tobacco wrapped in a leaf of tobacco or any substance containing tobacco and weighing not more than three pounds per thousand.
(2) “Department” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
(3) “Distributor” means a distributor as defined in Section 30011 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(4) “Manufacturer” means any of the following:
(A) An entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that the manufacturer intends to be sold in the state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer.
(B) The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States.
(C) An entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(5) “Offer to sell” means to offer or agree to sell.
(6) “Package” means package as defined in Section 30015 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(7) “Quality control and quality assurance program” means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. This program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 14952 for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this part.
(8) “Repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.
(9) “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale of cigarettes, but not for the purpose of resale.
(10) “Sale” or “sell” means any transfer, exchange, or barter, in any manner or by any means whatever, or any agreement for these purposes. The giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes, or gifts, and the exchanging of cigarettes for any consideration other than money are considered sales.
(11) “Stamp and meter impression” means stamp and meter impression as defined in Section 30018 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(12) “Wholesaler” means a wholesaler as defined in Section 30016 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 613, Sec. 1. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14951.

14951. A person shall not sell, offer, or possess for sale in this state cigarettes not in compliance with all of the following requirements:
(a) The cigarettes are tested by the manufacturer in accordance with the test method prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 14952.
(b) The cigarettes meet the performance standard specified in subdivision (b) of Section 14952.
(c) The cigarettes meet the marking requirement of Section 14954.
(d) A written certification is filed by the manufacturer with the Attorney General in accordance with Section 14953.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 454, Sec. 1. (AB 1742) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14953.

14953. (a) Each manufacturer shall submit a written certification to the Attorney General attesting that each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 14952 and meets the performance standard set forth in subdivision (b) of that section.
(b) Each certification shall be submitted in the form, manner, and detail required by the Attorney General and include, at a minimum, with respect to each cigarette listed in the certification, all of the following information:
(1) Brand.
(2) Style (for example, light, ultralight).
(3) Length in millimeters.
(4) Circumference in millimeters.
(5) Flavor (for example, menthol, chocolate) if applicable.
(6) Filter or nonfilter.
(7) Package description (for example, soft pack, box).
(8) Marking approved in accordance with Section 14954.
(c) Each cigarette certified under this section shall be recertified every three years.
(d) The Attorney General may publish on its internet website the information submitted pursuant to this section.
(e) The Attorney General may adopt rules and regulations to implement this section. The Attorney General may adopt initial emergency regulations to implement this section in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and these regulations shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, or general welfare.
(f) A manufacturer certifying cigarettes in accordance with this section shall provide a copy of the certifications to all distributors and wholesalers to which the manufacturer sells cigarettes and shall also provide sufficient copies of an illustration of the cigarette packaging marking utilized by the manufacturer pursuant to Section 14954 for each retailer to which the distributors and wholesalers sell cigarettes. Distributors and wholesalers shall provide a copy of these cigarette packaging markings received from manufacturers to all retailers to whom they sell cigarettes.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 454, Sec. 3. (AB 1742) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14954.

14954. (a) Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with Section 14953 shall be marked on the packaging and case to indicate compliance with the requirements of this part. The marking shall be in 8-point type or larger and consist of any of the following:
(1) Modification of the universal product code to include a visible mark printed at or around the area of that code. The mark may consist of alphanumeric or symbolic characters permanently stamped, engraved, embossed, or printed in conjunction with the universal product code.
(2) Any visible combination of alphanumeric or symbolic characters permanently stamped, engraved, or embossed upon the cigarette packaging or cellophane wrap.
(3) Printed, stamped, engraved, or embossed text on the cigarette packaging that indicates that the cigarettes meet California standards.
(b) Before a certified cigarette can be sold in the state, a manufacturer shall submit its proposed marking to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall approve the marking upon a finding that it is compliant with the criteria outlined in subdivision (a). Proposed markings shall be deemed approved if the Attorney General fails to act within 30 business days of receiving a proposed marking. A marking in use and approved for the sale of cigarettes in the State of New York shall be deemed approved.
(c) A manufacturer must use only one marking and must apply this marking uniformly for all packagings, including, but not limited to, packages, cartons, and cases, and brands marketed by that manufacturer.
(d) A manufacturer who modifies its marking shall notify the Attorney General of this change and submit to the Attorney General a copy of the new marking that shall comply with subdivisions (a) and (b).
(e) The Attorney General may adopt rules and regulations to implement this section. The Attorney General may adopt initial emergency regulations to implement this section in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and these regulations shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, or general welfare.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 454, Sec. 4. (AB 1742) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14955.

14955. (a) A manufacturer or any other person or entity that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes other than through retail sale in violation of this part is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each sale.
(b) A retailer, distributor, or wholesaler that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of this part shall be subject to the following:
(1) A civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each sale or offer for sale in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale does not exceed 50 packages of cigarettes.
(2) A civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each sale or offer for sale in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale exceeds 50 packages of cigarettes.
(c) The civil penalties imposed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be deposited in the Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter Protection Fund.
(d) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, any corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited partnership, or association engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes that knowingly makes a false certification pursuant to Section 14953 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each false certification.
(e) A person who violates any other provision in this part is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation. Any cigarettes that have been sold or offered for sale that do not comply with the performance standard required by Section 14952 shall be deemed contraband per se and subject to seizure and disposal by the department or a law enforcement agency.
(f) The Attorney General may bring an action on behalf of the people of the state to restrain further violations of this part and for any other relief that may be appropriate. In any action by the Attorney General to enforce this act, the Attorney General shall be entitled to recover costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(g) It is a defense in any action for civil penalties that a distributor, wholesaler, retailer, or a person in the stream of commerce relied in good faith on the manufacturer’s certificate or marking that the cigarettes comply with this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 158. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14956.

14956. (a) Inspections may be made at any place where cigarettes are sold, offered for sale, or stored or at any site where there is evidence of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 14951.
(b) Manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers shall permit an employee of the department, upon presentation of the appropriate identification and credentials, to enter into, and to conduct an inspection of, any building, facility, site, or place described in subdivision (a).
(c) Any person that refuses to allow an inspection authorized under this section is subject to the penalty imposed by Section 14958.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 613, Sec. 4. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14957.

14957. Upon discovery by the department or a law enforcement agency that a person offers or possesses for sale, or has made a sale of, cigarettes in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 14951, the department or that law enforcement agency may seize and dispose of those cigarettes possessed in violation of this part as contraband per se.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 613, Sec. 5. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14958.

14958. Any person who knowingly fails or refuses to allow an inspection by the department, pursuant to Section 14956, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each failure or refusal.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 613, Sec. 6. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 8 - CIGARETTES › Section 14959.

14959. This part shall cease to be applicable if federal fire safety standards for cigarettes that preempt this act are enacted and take effect subsequent to the effective date of this act and the Attorney General so notifies the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 454, Sec. 5. (AB 1742) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 16000.

16000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 16001.

16001. It is the intent of the Legislature that essential services buildings, which shall be capable of providing essential services to the public after a disaster, shall be designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards and to resist, insofar as practical, the forces generated by earthquakes, gravity, and winds. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the structural systems and details set forth in working drawings and specifications be carefully reviewed by the responsible enforcement agencies using qualified personnel, and that the construction process be carefully and completely inspected. In order to accomplish these purposes, the Legislature intends to provide for the establishment of building standards for earthquake, gravity, fire, and wind resistance based upon current knowledge, and intends that procedures for the design and construction of essential services buildings be subjected to qualified design review and construction inspection.
It is further the intent of the Legislature that the nonstructural components vital to the operation of essential services buildings shall also be able to resist, insofar as practical, the forces generated by earthquakes, gravity, fire, and winds. The Legislature recognizes that certain nonstructural components housed in essential services buildings, including, but not limited to, communications systems, main transformers and switching equipment, and emergency backup systems, are essential to facility operations and that these nonstructural components should be given adequate consideration during the design and construction process to assure, insofar as practical, continued operation of the building after a disaster.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 16003.

16003. “Architect” means a person who is certified under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 16004.

16004. “Civil engineer” means a person who is registered as a civil engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 16005.

16005. “Construction or alteration” includes any construction of, addition to, reconstruction of, or alteration to any essential services building.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 16006.

16006. “Enforcement agency” means the agency of a city, city and county, or county responsible for building safety within its jurisdiction. The office of the State Architect is the enforcement agency for state-owned facilities or facilities leased by the state.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 16007.

16007. “Essential services building” means any building, including buildings designed and constructed, for public agencies used, or designed to be used, or any building a portion of which is used or designed to be used, as a fire station, police station, emergency operations center, California Highway Patrol office, sheriff’s office, or emergency communication dispatch center.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 16008.

16008. “Structural engineer” means a person who is authorized to use the title structural engineer under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16009.

16009. The appropriate enforcement agency which meets the requirements of Sections 16017 and 16018 shall review the design and inspect the construction of essential services buildings or the reconstruction, alteration, or addition to any essential services building to the extent it deems necessary to ensure that:
(1)  When the enforcement agency is a local agency, drawings and specifications comply with the locally adopted editions of the model codes, as defined in Section 18916, the administrative regulations contained in Part 1 (commencing with Section 1-101) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, and the regulations contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), except for Chapters 23 to 30, inclusive, and Chapter 47 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
(2)  When the enforcement agency is the Office of the State Architect, that drawings and specifications comply with all parts of the State Building Standards Code, as contained in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as adopted by that agency.
(3)  For the protection of life and property that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved drawings and specifications and this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 72, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16010.

16010. Essential services buildings of one-story Type V and Type II  N construction that are 2,000 square feet or less in floor area are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16010.5.

16010.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the inclusion of office space for or an emergency dispatch center of the Department of the California Highway Patrol in any building constructed, restored, rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 9112) or Article 5.6 (commencing with Section 9125) of Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not subject any part of those projects to this chapter or any rule, regulation, standard, or requirement promulgated or enforced by the Division of the State Architect pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 29, Sec. 118. (SB 82) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16011.

16011. Unless a contract for the construction or alteration of an essential services building is entered into prior to July 1, 1986, before adopting any drawings or specifications for the essential services building, the governing board, authority, owner, corporation, or other agency proposing to construct any essential services building shall submit the design calculations, drawings, and specifications of the essential services buildings to the appropriate enforcement agency. The enforcement agency shall stamp the drawings and specifications if the construction or alteration is approved by the enforcement agency. Included with the stamp shall be the signature of the qualified person referred to in Section 16018 or Section 16019.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16012.

16012. In each case, the application for approval of the drawings and specifications for essential services buildings shall be accompanied by comprehensive and complete drawings, design calculations, and specifications, and required fees, all of which shall comply with the requirements prescribed by the enforcement agency. This review shall not preclude incremental submission and approval of drawings and specifications.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16013.

16013. The enforcement agency shall approve or reject all drawings and specifications for the construction or the alteration of all essential services buildings, and in doing so, shall review the design calculations, drawings, and specifications to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter. A record shall be kept by the enforcement agency indicating that design calculations, drawings, and specifications have been reviewed and conform with:
(1)  When the enforcement agency is a local agency, the locally adopted editions of the model codes, as defined in Section 18916, the administrative regulations contained in Part 1 (commencing with Section 1-101) of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, and the regulations contained in Part 2 (commencing with Section 101), except for Chapters 23 to 30, inclusive, and Chapter 47 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.
(2)  When the enforcement agency is the Office of the State Architect, all parts of the State Building Standards Code, as contained in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations and adopted by that agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 72, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16014.

16014. (a)  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), drawings and specifications submitted pursuant to this chapter for construction, reconstruction, remodeling, additions, or alterations which affect structural elements of structures in existence on January 1, 1986, shall be based upon an assessment of the geological conditions of the site and the potential for earthquake damage, relying upon geologic and engineering investigations and studies by personnel who are competent to report on geologic conditions and their potential for causing earthquake damage. One-story Type V and Type II  N construction of 4,000 square feet or less shall be exempt from this section, unless the project is within a special studies zone established pursuant to Section 2622 of the Public Resources Code.
(b)  The requirements of subdivision (a) may be waived by the enforcement agency if it determines that these requirements for the proposed essential services building project are unnecessary and would not be beneficial to the safety of the public.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16015.

16015. All drawings and specifications shall be prepared under the responsible charge of an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, who shall sign all drawings and specifications for approval of the enforcement agency. Observation of the work of construction shall be under the general responsible charge of the same architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer when feasible, as determined by the enforcement agency, except that if drawings and specifications do not involve architectural or structural conditions, the drawings and specifications may be prepared and the work of construction may be administered by a registered professional engineer qualified in the branch of engineering that is appropriate to the drawings, specifications, estimates, and work of construction.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 3 - General Requirements and Administration › Section 16016.

16016. Except as provided in Section 16011, on and after July 1, 1986, construction of an essential services building shall not begin unless the drawings and specifications comply with this chapter and the requirements prescribed by the enforcement agency and approval of those drawings and specifications has been obtained from the enforcement agency.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 4 - Qualifications and Reporting › Section 16017.

16017. During construction or alteration of an essential services building, the building owner shall provide for, and the local enforcement agency shall require, competent, adequate, and detailed inspection by a qualified inspector. To be qualified, inspectors shall have an adequate level of expertise and experience in the subject matter for which they have responsibilities for inspection as prescribed by this section. Qualification shall include current certification by the International Conference of Building Officials; or qualifications as an inspector meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 305 and subdivision (b) of Section 306 of, the 1982 Edition of the Uniform Building Code. Additionally, the architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer responsible for designing the essential services facility is qualified to inspect construction of the facility.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 4 - Qualifications and Reporting › Section 16017.5.

16017.5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including, but not limited to, Part 6 (commencing with Section 8000) of Division 4 of the Civil Code, the Department of General Services may issue a stop work order when construction work on an essential services facility is not being performed in accordance with existing law and would compromise the structural integrity of the building, thereby endangering the public safety. The Department of General Services shall allow construction of incidental and minor nonstructural additions or nonstructural alterations without invoking its stop work authority.
(b) A public board, body, or officer whose construction work on an essential services facility is subject to a stop work order issued pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be held liable in any action filed against the public board, body, or officer for stopping work as required by the stop work order, or for any delays caused by compliance with the stop work order, except to the extent that an error or omission by the public board, body, or officer is the basis for the issuance of the stop work order.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 38. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 4 - Qualifications and Reporting › Section 16018.

16018. An enforcement agency is qualified to undertake the review of plans, drawings, and specifications for essential services buildings if the enforcement agency has an architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer on its staff or under contract who is responsible for all design review conducted by the enforcement agency and the record prepared under Section 16013.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 4 - Qualifications and Reporting › Section 16019.

16019. A jurisdiction whose enforcement agency does not meet the qualifications specified in Sections 16017 and 16018 shall obtain necessary qualified personnel to meet the requirements of this chapter by contracting with other public agencies, private sector firms, or individuals qualified to perform the necessary services.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12.5 - BUILDINGS USED BY THE PUBLIC › CHAPTER 2 - Essential Services Buildings › ARTICLE 4 - Qualifications and Reporting › Section 16020.

16020. Periodically, as the work of construction or alteration progresses and whenever the enforcement agency requires, except as exempt under Section 16010, the architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer in general responsible charge of the work of construction, and the registered engineer shall make a report, duly verified by him or her through periodic review of construction, showing that the work during the period covered by the report has been performed and that the materials used and installed are in accordance with the approved drawings and specifications, setting forth any detailed statements of fact required by the enforcement agency.
“Periodic review of construction,” as used in this section and as applied to the architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer and the registered engineer, means the knowledge which is obtained from periodic visits to the project site of reasonable frequency for the purpose of general observation of the work, and also which is obtained from the reporting of others as to the progress of the work, testing of materials, inspection and superintendence of the work that is performed between those periodic visits of the architect, civil engineer, or structural engineer, or the registered engineer. The exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain the facts is required. The term “periodic review of construction” does not include responsibility for superintendence of construction processes, site conditions, operations, equipment, personnel, or the maintenance of a safe place to work or any safety in, on, or about the site of work.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1521, Sec. 1.)