California Business and Professions Code

§ 8663

BPC § 8663 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 3 · Ch. 14 · Art. 7

Statute text

(a)This section only applies to work conducted under a Branch 1 license.

(b)A copy of a notice of violation issued for any violation committed by a subcontractor shall be sent to the prime contractor responsible for the work by the issuing authority within 30 days from the date the violation was committed or discovered. In circumstances where the violation is classified as serious or moderate, notification shall be performed by certified mail with a return receipt requested.

(c)The board or county agricultural commissioners, when acting pursuant to Section 8616.4, may levy a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) against a registered company acting as a prime contractor for any serious or moderate violation committed by any licensee with whom the prime contractor has subcontracted if, before that violation occurred, the prime contractor had been notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, of two or more serious or moderate violations committed by that subcontractor within 12 consecutive months. Fines collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the Education and Enforcement Account in the Structural Pest Control Education and Enforcement Fund.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 572, Sec. 15. (SB 1481) Effective January 1, 2019.