BILL NUMBER: AB 1062	CHAPTERED  09/30/08

	CHAPTER  653
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 7, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 12, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 5, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 13, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 15, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Leno)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to add Section 17282.5 to the Education Code, relating to
school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1062, Ma. School facilities: uniform standards: solar design
plans.
   Existing law requires, except for certain specified circumstances,
the Department of General Services to supervise the design and
construction of any school building or the reconstruction or
alteration of, or addition to, any school building to ensure that the
plans and specifications comply with the rules and regulations
adopted by the department and the applicable requirements of the
California Building Standards Code.
   This bill would require the Division of the State Architect in the
Department of General Services, on or before January 1, 2010, to
develop uniform criteria for precheck approval processes for solar
design plans for a school facility that comply with the rules and
regulations adopted by the department and the applicable requirements
of the California Building Standards Code. The Department of General
Services would be required to complete review of solar design plan
applications submitted by a school district that conform with the
standards within 45 calendar days of the receipt of a complete
application and to act on corrected complete applications within 10
calendar days of their submission for approval.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 17282.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   17282.5.  (a) On or before January 1, 2010, the Division of the
State Architect within the Department of General Services shall
develop uniform criteria for precheck approval processes for solar
design plans, including structural plans and calculations, for a
school facility that comply with rules and regulations adopted
pursuant to this article and building standards published in Title 24
of the California Code of Regulations. The criteria shall include
provisions to ensure fire and life safety.
   (b) The Department of General Services shall complete review of
solar design plan applications submitted by a school district that
conform with the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (a)
within 45 calendar days of the receipt of a complete application. If
the Department of General Services requests an applicant to submit a
corrected application, the Department of General Services shall act
on the corrected application within 10 calendar days of the date the
applicant submits the corrected complete application to that
department for approval.