Amended in Assembly April 8, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 764

Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk

February 25, 2015

An act to add Section 18940.7 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11895) to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to parking lots.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 764, as amended, Quirk. begin delete Commercial parking end delete begin insert Parking end insert lots: design: insurance discount.

Existing law provides that building standards shall be filed by the California Building Standards Commission with the Secretary of State and codified only after they have been approved by the commission. Existing law regulates the issuance and renewal of liability insurance policies in this state.

This bill would authorize the commission to adopt building standards to require that the installation of begin delete bollards, end delete begin insert vehicle barriers, end insert as defined, be begin delete added to the list of considerations in the design of any new commercial property end delete begin insert considered in the design of any new public end insert parking lot. The bill would also authorize an insurer to consider the installation of begin delete bollards end delete begin insert vehicle barriers end insert on a commercial property parking lot as a safety measure eligible for a discount on the property owner’s rates for insurance covering liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the commercial property.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 18940.7 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:

18940.7.  

(a) The California Building Standards Commission
may adopt building standards to require that the installation of
begin delete bollards be added to the list of considerations in the design of any
new commercial property end delete begin insert vehicle barriers are considered in the
design of any new public end insert parking lot.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a begin delete bollard is a short vertical
post end delete begin insert vehicle barrier includes a horizontal or vertical protective
device end insert placed to protect buildings or pedestrians from collisions
by motor vehicles.

SEC. 2.  

Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11895) is added
to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read:

 

Chapter  6. Commercial Property Parking Lots: begin delete Bollard end delete
begin insert Vehicle Barrier end insert Discount

 

11895.  

(a) An insurer may consider the installation of begin delete bollards end delete
begin insert vehicle barriers end insert on a commercial property parking lot as a safety
measure eligible for a discount on the property owner’s rates for
insurance covering liability arising out of the ownership,
maintenance, or use of the commercial property.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a begin delete bollard is a short vertical
post end delete begin insert vehicle barrier includes a horizontal or vertical protective
device end insert placed to protect buildings or pedestrians from collisions
by motor vehicles.