BILL NUMBER: AB 2049	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garrick

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 13025 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to fire equipment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2049, as introduced, Garrick. Public safety: fire equipment.
   Existing law requires equipment for fire protection, including
fire hoses and fire hydrants, that has threaded couplings and
fittings, as specified, to meet the national standard for that
equipment adopted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. For
that fire protection equipment without threaded couplings or
fittings, as specified, existing law requires the equipment to be
approved by the State Fire Marshal. Existing law also requires the
State Fire Marshal to adopt and submit building standards that define
the requirements for fire protection equipment.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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.  Section 13025 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   13025.  (a)  All equipment for fire protection purposes 
having   that has  couplings or fittings with an
inside diameter of three inches or less, purchased by any authorities
having charge of public property, shall be equipped with standard
threads for fire hose couplings and hydrant fittings designated as
the national standard as adopted by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, which  standard is designated as  
shall be  the standard for  such   that
 equipment in this state. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and
submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 
of this code  in order to conform  such 
 those  building standards to the provisions of this
subdivision and subdivision (b).
   (b)  All equipment for fire protection purposes  having
  that has  couplings or fittings with an inside
diameter greater than three inches, if  equippped 
 equipped  with threads, shall be equipped with the standard
threads prescribed in subdivision (a).
   (c)  All equipment for fire protection purposes  having
  that has  couplings or fittings with an inside
diameter greater than three inches not equipped with threaded
fittings or couplings shall be approved by the State Fire Marshal,
with advice from the State Board of Fire Services. The proposed
system of use of such nonthreaded couplings or fittings shall be
submitted in detail to the State Fire Marshal who shall, with advice
from the State Board of Fire Services, approve its use if mutual aid
capability is assured.
   (d)  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and submit building
standards for approval pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 
of this code  for any fire hydrants, including dry standpipe
connections, in or on any improvement to land,  which
building standards   that  define the requirements
for standard threads for fire hose couplings and hydrant fittings as
provided in subdivision (a) or (b).