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HomeHealth and Safety CodeDiv. 101Pt. 3Ch. 4Art. 1§ 101325 Local Health Enforcement Fee Authority

§ 101325 Local Health Enforcement Fee Authority

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§ 101325 Local Health Enforcement Fee Authority

This law lets a city or county set fees to pay for the work health officers do when they enforce state health rules, and they can charge those fees directly to the property of the business being inspected.

Key Takeaways

  • •Local governments may create a schedule of fees for health‑officer work that isn’t covered by state‑set fees.
  • •Those fees can be charged directly to the real property owned by the business being regulated.
  • •The fee schedule applies wherever the local health officer enforces state health statutes, orders, quarantines, or regulations.

Example

A city health inspector spends time checking a fast‑food restaurant for food‑safety violations.

The city can add a fee to the restaurant's building bill to cover the inspector's time and costs, because the law allows the local government to charge the property owner for health‑enforcement expenses.

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§ 101325 Local Health Enforcement Fee Authority

Whenever the governing body of any city or county determines that the expenses of the local health officer or other officers or employees in the enforcement of any statute, order, quarantine, or regulation prescribed by a state officer or department relating to public health, requires or authorizes its health officer or other officers or employees to perform specified acts that are not met by fees prescribed by the state, the governing body may adopt an ordinance or resolution prescribing fees to pay the reasonable expenses of the health officer or other officers or employees incurred in the enforcement, and may authorize a direct assessment against the real property in cases where the real property is owned by the operator of a business and the property is the subject of the enforcement. The schedule of fees prescribed by ordinance or resolution of the governing body shall be applicable in the area in which the local health officer or other officers or employees enforce any statute, order, quarantine, or regulation prescribed by a state officer or department relating to public health. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 302.8. Effective September 29, 1996.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

Key Terms

governing bodylocal health officerpublic healthfeesdirect assessmentreal property

Related Statutes

  • § 101375 County Health Officer Enforcement
  • § 101450 City Health Sanitation Authority
  • § 106710 Environmental Health Specialist Registration
  • § 116290 Agricultural Water Health Exemptions
  • § 117405 Septic Tank Cleaning Registration

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 101325.
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