BILL NUMBER: AB 1539	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to building standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1539, as introduced, Hagman. Building standards: residential
buildings.
   The California Building Standards Law requires any building
standard adopted or proposed by a state agency to be submitted to,
and approved or adopted by, the California Building Standards
Commission prior to codification.
   The State Housing Law requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development to submit to the commission proposed building
standards for hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses, and
dwellings.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation regarding building standards, and specifically, the size
of gas pipes relative to water heaters in residential buildings.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.

   AB 1539, as introduced, Hagman. Building standards: residential
buildings.
   The California Building Standards Law requires any building
standard adopted or proposed by a state agency to be submitted to,
and approved or adopted by, the California Building Standards
Commission prior to codification.
   The State Housing Law requires the Department of Housing and
Community Development to submit to the commission proposed building
standards for hotels, motels, lodging houses, apartment houses, and
dwellings.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation regarding building standards, and specifically, the size
of gas pipes relative to water heaters in residential buildings.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation regarding building standards, and specifically, the size
of gas pipes relative to water heaters in residential buildings.

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation regarding building standards, and specifically, the size
of gas pipes relative to water heaters in residential buildings.