BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 930 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 4, 2011 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Felipe Fuentes, Chair AB 930 (Gordon) - As Introduced: February 18, 2011 Policy Committee: Business and Professions Vote: 9-0 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: SUMMARY This bill requires that at least one member of the California Building Standards Commission (BSC) be experienced and knowledgeable in sustainable building design, construction, and operation. FISCAL EFFECT Negligible fiscal impact. COMMENTS Background . The CBSC administers California's building codes, including adopting, approving, publishing, and implementing codes and standards. The commission consists of the Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency and 10 members appointed by the governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The board membership must include an architect, a mechanical or electrical engineer or fire protection engineer, a structural engineer, a licensed contractor, a member from the organized labor in the building trades, a local building official, a local fire official, at least one member experienced and knowledgeable in each of barrier free architecture and access for persons with physical disabilities and in building energy efficiency standards. Purpose . According to the sponsor, the United States Green Building Council California Advisory Committee, "Considering green building's critical role in the emerging California economy and the associated benefits of energy efficiency, environmental health and job growth, the CBSC needs resident AB 930 Page 2 expertise in this area. The recent implementation of the California Green Building Standards Code by the CBSC makes the need for members of the CBSC to have experience in sustainable building, design, construction and operation more important than ever before." Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081