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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 7 (Romero)
          As Amended  August 20, 2010
          Majority vote

           SENATE VOTE  :   Vote not relevant
            
           UTILITIES & COMMERCE                                 
          APPROPRIATIONS                  
               (vote not relevant)           (vote not relevant)

           SUMMARY  :   Prohibits the adoption of the 2009 International  
          Building Code (IBC) regulation reducing the maximum travel  
          distance to an exit single-story warehouses to 250 feet, into  
          the California Building Code (Code).  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Authorizes a maximum of 400 feet of travel distance to an exit  
            for one-story warehouse buildings if: 

             a)   The storage areas are protected by early suppression  
               fast response sprinkler systems designed and installed in  
               accordance with the National Fire Protection Association  
               Standard; and,

             b)   The storage areas have a minimum interior height of 30  
               feet to the underside of the roof deck.  

          2)States that this bill shall remain operative until a  
            particular standard, as specified, is adopted by the  
            California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) as part of the  
            Code. 

          3)Makes legislative findings and declarations. 

           EXISTING LAW  upon adoption of the IBC regulations into the Code,  
          reduces the maximum travel distance to an exit single-story  
          warehouses to 250 feet. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   Background information has not been provided by the  
          author's office. 

          CBSC was established in 1953 and is responsible for  
          administering California's building codes, which includes  








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          adopting, approving, publishing, and implementing the codes and  
          standards.  CBSC publishes the Code every three years, and its  
          supplements, such as the California Green Building Standards  
          Code, in intervening years.  The 2009 IBC was revised to allow  
          for a maximum travel distance of 250 feet for large warehouse  
          buildings.  This revision will be automatically included in the  
          2010 triennial publication of the Code, effective January 1,  
          2011. 


           Analysis Prepared by :    Joanna Gin / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)  
          319-3301 


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