Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The board shall prescribe the rules under which approval shall be granted including the standards regarding the care and treatment of such animals employed. Any person desiring approval to use animals for the purposes covered by this chapter shall make application to the departme…

The board may, upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any person keeping or using animals for research or diagnostic purposes within this State, and it may temporarily suspend or permanently revoke a certifi…

This chapter does not apply to any veterinary licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this State or to any place of business operated by such veterinary, nor to animal training, animal cosmetics and routine animal husbandry practices, nor to laboratories subject to control or…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict the right of counties, cities, cities and counties, towns or townships, to adopt or enforce ordinances or other regulations regulating the use or procurement of animals for diagnostic procedures or medical …

(a) If a building is constructed, altered, converted, or maintained in violation of any provision of, or in violation of any order or notice that gives a reasonable time to correct that violation issued by an enforcement agency pursuant to this part, the building standards publis…

(a) If a building is identified by a city, city and county, or county pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 19160) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 13, or Section 8875.2 of the Government Code as being potentially hazardous to life in the event of an earthquake or is i…

(a) An enforcement agency that properly declares any dwelling a nuisance and, using the notice requirements and procedures specified in Subchapter 1 (commencing with Section 1) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, confirms the declaration by r…

If an enforcement agency has recorded with a county recorder any notice of substandard or untenantable conditions issued pursuant to this part for a residential structure, and if the enforcement agency anticipates that it will pursue the remedies provided by subdivision (b) of Se…

(a) (1) An enforcement agency, until January 1, 2030, that issues to an owner of an accessory dwelling unit described in subparagraph (A) or (B) below, a notice to correct a violation of any provision of any building standard pursuant to this part shall include in that notice a s…

(a) If the enforcement agency, in accordance with Section 17980.1, shall desire that the receiver obtain a lien for costs incurred in connection therewith in favor of the enforcement agency, the enforcement agency, within five days after the service of the abatement order upon th…

(a) Any receiver appointed pursuant to this section shall have all of the powers and duties conferred by this section, and Sections 17980.1 and 17980.2, and shall have the powers and duties of a receiver appointed in an action to foreclose a mortgage on real property, as provided…

(a) Whenever the enforcement agency sues for the expenses involved in the execution of any order, it may join in the same suit and claim any civil remedy for the violation of any provisions of this chapter. Joint or several judgments may be had against one or more of the defendan…

The local enforcement agency may establish and maintain a special fund for the purpose of implementing Sections 17980.1 to 17980.4, inclusive. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 192, Sec. 6.)

If any building is maintained in a manner that violates any provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to the provisions of this part, any other rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions of this part, or any…

If the owner fails to comply within a reasonable time with the terms of the order or notice issued pursuant to Section 17980.6, the following provisions shall apply: (a) The enforcement agency may seek and the court may order imposition of the penalties provided for under Chapter…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a determination that an unsafe or substandard condition exists in any building, or upon the lot upon which it is situated, has been made in an administrative proceeding conducted under this part, including any code incorporated by Se…

Notwithstanding Section 17980, whenever the enforcement agency inspects any vacant single-family dwelling within the City of Los Angeles or the City of San Diego pursuant to this chapter, all of the following shall apply: (a) If a nuisance exists in any vacant single-family dwell…

An enforcement agency which institutes any action or proceeding pursuant to this article may, by verified complaint setting forth the facts, apply to the superior court for an order granting the relief for which the action or proceeding is brought until the entry of a final judgm…

If any notice or order issued by an enforcement agency is not complied with within a reasonable time as specified in such notice or order the enforcement agency may apply to the superior court for an order authorizing it to remove any violation or abate any nuisance specified in …

The superior court may make any order for which application is made pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.)

Neither an enforcement agency, any of its officers, nor any city or county for which an enforcement agency may act, is liable for costs in any action or proceeding that the enforcement agency may commence pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.)

(a) Any enforcement agency which institutes an action or proceeding pursuant to this article shall record a notice of the pendency of the action or proceeding in the county recorder’s office of the county where the property affected by the action or proceeding is situated. The en…

The county recorder with whom a notice of pendency of action or proceeding is filed shall record and index it in the name of each person to be specified in a direction subscribed by an officer of the enforcement agency instituting the action or proceeding. (Added by Stats. 1961, …

Any notice of pendency of action or proceeding may be vacated upon the order of a judge of the court in which the action or proceeding is pending. A certified copy of the order of vacation may be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county where the notice of pendency of…

In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this article, service of summons is sufficient if served in the manner provided in the Code of Civil Procedure. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.)

Except under conditions immediately affecting health or safety, every notice or order issued pursuant to this part shall be served five days before the time for doing or refraining from doing the thing to which it pertains. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1844.)

The time to file a written pleading in response to a summons in an action brought pursuant to this article is 10 days. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 807.)

(a) The sale or other transfer of property to a third party shall not render moot an administrative or judicial action or proceeding pursuant to this article, including an action under Section 17982, instituted by an enforcement agency, or a receiver on behalf of an enforcement a…

Any person who obtains an ownership interest in any property after a notice of pendency of an action or proceeding was recorded with respect to the property pursuant to Section 17985 or any other notice of a violation of this part was recorded with the county recorder of the coun…

The department shall adopt regulations regarding the construction of buildings in parks that it determines are reasonably necessary for the protection of life and property and to carry out the purposes of this part. The department shall propose and submit building standards for a…

(a) A redevelopment agency shall not, either directly or indirectly, use its funds to file or maintain an action or proceeding in either of the following circumstances: (1) Against a public agency that does not have jurisdiction to conduct its governmental activities within the j…

A regional district board is the governing body of the regional district and shall exercise all the powers of the regional district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

A group consisting of one member of the board of supervisors and one member of the city selection committee, appointed by their respective bodies, from each county included, in whole or in part, within the regional district shall enter into an agreement on the composition of the …

The agreement entered into, pursuant to Section 40321, shall provide one of the following alternatives: (a) The number of supervisors, and the number of members of the city selection committee, appointed by their respective bodies, from each county included, in whole or in part, …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, on and after July 1, 1994, the membership of the governing board of each regional district, including any district formed on or after that date, shall include (1) one or more members who are mayors, city council members, or…

Members of a newly created regional district board shall serve terms which shall expire on the first day of June of the third year following the year in which they are appointed. Thereafter, each member appointed by the board of supervisors shall hold office for four years and un…

Any vacancy on a regional district board shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the vacating member was appointed. Any member of a regional district board may be removed at any time in the same manner as he was appointed. If four-fifths of the members of the board o…

If any member of a regional district board is recalled from his or her office as a supervisor, mayor, or city council member, pursuant to Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Elections Code, his or her office as member of the regional district board shall be vacant.…

No supervisor, mayor, or city council member shall hold office on a regional district board for a period of more than three months after ceasing to hold the office of supervisor, mayor, or city council member, respectively, and his or her membership on the regional district board…

A majority of the members, or the members with a majority of the voting weight, of a regional district board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and may act for the regional district board. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

Each member of a regional district board shall receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties, plus a compensation of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day attending the meetings of the regional district board, but such compensation sh…

A regional district board may appoint an executive secretary to perform such duties as may be assigned to the executive secretary by the regional district board. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

A regional district board may, by ordinance, adopt a civil service system for any or all employees of the regional district, except that the executive secretary and the air pollution control officer shall be exempt from such system and shall serve at the pleasure of the regional …

(a) The department shall develop standards for the licensing of smog check stations. Tests, service, and adjustment at smog check stations shall be performed by a qualified smog check mechanic. (b) The licensing standards for smog check stations may include, but are not limited t…

The department shall develop standards for certification of institutions and instructors for purposes of providing training of smog check mechanics. The standards shall include criteria for applications, manuals, textbooks, laboratory equipment, laboratory exercises, hands-on wor…

(a) No smog check technician may perform tests or make repairs required by this chapter, for compensation, unless qualified by the department for the class and category of vehicle being tested or repaired. To qualify, smog check technicians shall pass a qualification test adminis…