BILL NUMBER: SB 283	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to amend Section 17921.10 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to building standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 283, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Building standards: voluntary
best practices and mandatory requirements.
   Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community
Development to propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of building
standards to the California Building Standards Commission and to
adopt, amend, and repeal other rules and regulations for the
protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare of the
occupants and the public involving buildings and building
construction. Existing law authorizes the department to propose
standards related to voluntary best practices and mandatory
requirements related to environmentally preferable water using
devices and measures that do not unreasonably or unnecessarily impact
the ability of Californians to purchase or rent affordable housing.
   This bill would authorize the department to include voluntary best
practices and mandatory requirements related to environmentally
preferable water using designs, in addition to devices and measures.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 17921.10 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   17921.10.  (a) The standards proposed by the department pursuant
to Section 17921 may include voluntary best  practice
  practices  and mandatory requirements related to
environmentally preferable water using  designs,  devices
 ,  and measures. The standards shall not unreasonably or
unnecessarily impact the ability of Californians to purchase or rent
affordable housing, as determined by taking account of the overall
benefit derived from the standards.
   (b) Nothing in this section shall in any way reduce the authority
of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
to adopt standards and regulations or take other actions pursuant to
Division 15 (commencing with Section 25000) of the Public Resources
Code.