BILL NUMBER: AB 3372	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   384
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 19, 1996
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 17, 1996
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 8, 1996
	PASSED THE SENATE   JULY 11, 1996
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 1, 1996
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 16, 1996
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 10, 1996

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Ducheny

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1996

   An act to add Section 18934.8 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to building standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3372, Ducheny.  Building standards:  California Building
Standards Commission.
   Under existing law, all building standards, with certain
exceptions, that are within the authority of, and adopted by, state
agencies are required to be submitted to and approved by the
California Building Standards Commission and to be published in the
California Building Standards Code.  Existing law specifies
procedures for the expedited review and adoption of emergency
standards.
   This bill would provide that with respect to sections of the
California Building Standards Code not under the authority of any
state agency, the commission has the authority to adopt amendments to
the California Building Standards Code if they are substantially the
same as the model code amendments that were adopted on an emergency
basis by the code publishers.
   The bill would authorize the California Building Standards
Commission to consider adoption of emergency amendments made to the
model codes in a prescribed expedited rulemaking process outside the
annual code adoption cycle set forth under existing law, and would
require the commission to ensure that its rulemaking process in this
regard meets specified standards.
   The bill also would provide that amendments to the California
Building Standards Code adopted pursuant to these provisions would
take effect at a prescribed time following adoption.
   This bill would provide that nothing in its provisions shall be
construed to permit amendments to the California Building Standards
Code that decrease the level of disabled access provided.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 18934.8 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   18934.8.  (a) Pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission may
adopt amendments to the California Building Standards Code provided
that they are substantially the same as model code amendments which
were adopted on an emergency basis by the code publishers, if the
sections being amended are not under the authority of a state agency.

   (b) The commission may consider adoption of emergency amendments
made to the model codes in an expedited rulemaking process outside
the annual code adoption cycle set forth in Section 18929.1.  If a
model code organization adopts emergency amendments, the commission
may adopt those amendments 120 days after the organization's adoption
of those amendments.  This rulemaking process shall be completed
within 180 days from the date the amendments were adopted by the
model code organization.  The commission shall ensure that the
rulemaking process includes all of the following:
   (1) Adequate public participation in the development of building
standards prior to submittal to the commission for adoption and
approval.
   (2) Adequate written notice to the public of the compiled building
standards and the written justification therefor.
   (3) Adequate technical review of proposed building standards and
accompanying justification by advisory bodies appointed by the
commission.
   (4) Adequate time for review of recommendations by advisory bodies
prior to action by the commission.
   (c) Amendments to the California Building Standards Code adopted
pursuant to this section shall take effect 60 days from the date on
which they are adopted by the commission.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit
amendments to the California Building Standards Code that decrease
the level of disabled access provided.