Bill Text: CA AB2589 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Public health: lactation services and equipment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2589 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2589-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Public health: lactation services and equipment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2589 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2589-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2589 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 17005.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2589, as introduced, Gomez. Employee housing. The Employee Housing Act requires a person operating employee housing to obtain a permit to operate that housing from the agency that enforces the act, which can either be the Department of Housing and Community Development or a city, county, or city and county that assumes responsibility for enforcing the act. The act defines for its purposes several terms, including the term "employee community housing." This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 17005.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 17005.5. (a) "Employee community housing" means a community of single family detached dwellingswhichthat meet all of the following requirements: (1) Each dwelling has a minimum of four rooms, including a separate kitchen and a separate bathroom. (2) Each dwelling is owned or operated by an employer, and maintained bysuchthe employer in compliance with the provisions of the State Housing Law, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto,whichthat materially affect health and safety. (3) Each dwelling is inhabited by not more than one family, which includes at least one permanent year-round employee of the employer who owns or operates the dwelling. (4) Each dwelling has direct access to a publicly owned and maintained road. (5) Each dwelling is located within a community, as defined in subdivision (b). (b) "Community" means not less than 200 single family detached dwellings meeting the requirements of subdivision (a),whichthat are adjacent or in close proximity to each other, andwhichthat have maintenance services available to the residents of the dwelling units provided by persons employed by the employer for the express purpose of providingsuchthose services.