In the event of an emergency, in particular a specific imminent danger to public health, the representative of the State in the département may order the immediate implementation, with all rights reserved, of the measures prescribed by the hygiene rules set out in this chapter.
Where the purpose of the measures ordered is to ensure compliance with housing hygiene rules and the person required to comply fails to do so, the mayor or, where applicable, the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or, failing this, the representative of the State in the département shall proceed with the measures at the latter’s expense.
The debt of the public authority that has advanced the costs is then recovered in the same way as for direct taxation. However, if the person required to carry out the measures cannot be identified, the costs incurred shall be borne by the State.