California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 3 — Professions and Vocations GenerallyChapter 9 — ContractorsArticle 7 — Disciplinary ProceedingsSection 7121.7

(a) A qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license shall not knowingly employ an individual who is described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 7121.6, except as a bona fide nonsupervising employee.

(b) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500), by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an indictment for any violation of this section shall be found or an information or complaint filed within four years from the performance of any act that is prohibited under this section.

Notes

Prohibits a qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license from knowingly employing a person covered by the referenced restriction except as a bona fide nonsupervising employee. Sets a misdemeanor penalty of at least $4,500, 30 days to one year in county jail, or both, and a four-year period for filing an indictment, information, or complaint.

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