Health & Saf. Code § 17042
Employee Housing Act

Health & Saf. Code § 17042

Limits on HCD building standardsDIVISION 13. HOUSING › PART 1. EMPLOYEE HOUSING ACT › CHAPTER 4. Rules and Regulations

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Limits HCD’s authority to adopt building standards outside the State Building Standards Law process.

  • Adoption restricted. HCD may not adopt or publish a building standard unless the delegating statute expressly excepts §§ 18930, 18933, 18938, 18940, 18943, 18944 and 18945.
  • Invalid standards. A building standard adopted in violation of the section has no force or effect.
  • Earlier standards. Standards adopted before January 1, 1980, and not expressly excepted remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until superseded in the State Building Standards Code, whichever is sooner.

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§ 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 18900), on and after January 1, 1980, the department shall not adopt or publish a building standard as defined in Section 18909, unless the provisions of Sections 18930, 18933, 18938, 18940, 18943, 18944, and 18945 are expressly excepted in the statute under which the authority to adopt rules, regulations, or orders is delegated. Any building standard adopted in violation of this section shall have no force or effect. Any building standard adopted before January 1, 1980, or continued in effect, pursuant to this part and not expressly excepted by statute from the provisions of the State Building Standards Law, shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted, amended, or superseded by provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, whichever occurs sooner.

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History. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 122.)

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