BILL NUMBER: AB 1194	CHAPTERED  10/05/05

	CHAPTER  537
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Oropeza

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 13113.6 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1194, Oropeza  Entertainment: emergency exits.
   (1) Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to prepare and
adopt regulations establishing minimum requirements for the
prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property
against fire and panic in, among other things, any assembly occupancy
where 50 or more persons may gather together in a building, room, or
structure for the purpose of amusement, entertainment, instruction,
deliberation, worship, drinking or dining, awaiting transportation,
or education.
   This bill would require that any person, as specified, that owns,
rents, leases, or manages a facility, as defined, that hosts a
ticketed event for live entertainment make an announcement of the
availability of emergency exits prior to the beginning of the live
entertainment. Because a violation of this provision would be a
misdemeanor, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by
creating a new crime.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 13113.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   13113.6.  (a) Any person, or public or private firm, organization,
or corporation, that owns, rents, leases, or manages a facility that
hosts a ticketed event for live entertainment shall make an
announcement of the availability of emergency exits prior to the
beginning of the live entertainment.
   (b) As used in this section, "facility" means a building or
portion of a building having an assembly room with an occupancy load
of less than 1,000 persons and a legitimate stage for the gathering
together of 50 or more persons as defined pursuant to Division 2 of
Section 303.1.1 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations
(California Building Code of 2001).
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.