§ 117400 Governmental Agency Exemption

Health and Safety Code·California

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•This law does not apply to government places like cities, towns, or schools.
•If the government cleans its own septic tanks or sewage pits, this law doesn’t stop them.
•Private companies or people still have to follow the rules, but the government doesn’t.

Example

A city cleans out its own public restroom sewage tanks.

The city doesn’t have to follow the usual rules for cleaning sewage because it’s a government job.

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§ 117400 Governmental Agency Exemption

This article shall not apply to any city, town, county, sanitary district, sanitation district, sewer maintenance district or to any agency or institution of the state or the federal government by reason of the cleaning of septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools, sewage seepage pits or sewage works that are owned and operated by any of these governmental agencies or institutions. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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governmental agencies septic tanks chemical toilets cesspools sewage seepage pits sewage works

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 117400.

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