Bill Text: CA SB1481 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Structural pest control: certification: fumigation: penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 572, Statutes of 2018. [SB1481 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1481-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Structural pest control: certification: fumigation: penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 572, Statutes of 2018. [SB1481 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1481-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Senate Bill | No. 1481 |
| Introduced by Senator Hill |
February 16, 2018 |
An act to amend Section 8519 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to structural pest control.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1481, as introduced, Hill.
Structural pest control: certification.
Existing law establishes the Structural Pest Control Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to define, license, and regulate structural pest control operators and companies. Existing law prohibits a registered company or licensee from commencing work on a contract relating to the absence or presence of wood destroying pests or organisms until an inspection has been made, as provided, and an inspection report has been delivered to the person requesting the inspection and to the property owner.
Existing law authorizes a person who orders an inspection report to also request a certification on whether evidence of the absence or presence of wood destroying pests or organisms was found and requires the registered company preforming the inspection to provide this certification, as specified. Existing law requires the certification to state that
the property is free of evidence of active infestation or infection in the visible and accessible areas when the inspection report discloses infestation or infection and the notice of work indicates that all recommendations to remove that infestation or infection, and to repair damage caused by it, have been completed. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.
This bill would also require the certification to state that the property is free of evidence of active infestation or infection in the visible and accessible areas when a reinspection report indicates that all recommendations to remove that infestation or infection, and to repair damage caused by it, have been completed. Because a violation of the bill’s requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts
for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8519 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:8519.
Certification as used in this section means a written statement by the registered company attesting to the statement contained therein relating to the absence or presence of wood-destroying pests or organisms and, listing such recommendations, if any, which appear on an inspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516, and which relate to (1) infestation or infection of wood-destroying pests or organisms found, or (2) repair of structurally weakened members caused by such infestation or infection, and which recommendations have not been completed at the time of certification.Any registered company which makes an inspection report pursuant to Section 8516, shall, if requested by the person ordering the inspection report, prepare and deliver to that person or his or
her designated agent, a certification, to provide:
(a) When the inspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516 has disclosed no infestation or infection: “This is to certify that the above property was inspected on ____ (date) in accordance with the Structural Pest Control Act and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and that no evidence of active infestation or infection was found in the visible and accessible areas.”
(b) When the inspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516 discloses infestation or infection and the notice of work completed prepared pursuant to Section 8518 8158, or when the reinspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516, indicates that all
recommendations to remove that infestation or infection and to repair damage caused by that infestation or infection have been completed: “This is to certify that the property described herein is now free of evidence of active infestation or infection in the visible and accessible areas.”
(c) When the inspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516 discloses infestation or infection and the notice of work completed prepared pursuant to Section 8518 indicates that the registered company has not completed all recommendations to remove that infestation or infection or to repair damage caused by it: “This is to certify that the property described herein is now free of evidence of active infestation or infection in the visible and accessible areas except as follows: ____ (describing infestations, infections, damage or evidence thereof, excepted).”
This certificate shall be accompanied by a copy of the
inspection report prepared pursuant to Section 8516, and by a copy of the notice of work completed prepared pursuant to Section 8518, if any notice has been prepared at the time of the certification, or the certification may be endorsed on and made a part of that inspection report or notice of work completed.
