BILL NUMBER: AB 341	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Dickinson and Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to amend Section 18930.5 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to green building standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 341, as introduced, Dickinson. Green building standards.
   Existing law requires the California Building Standards Commission
to codify all building standards of adopting agencies or state
agencies that propose the building standards and statutes defining
building standards into one California Building Standards Code.
Existing law provides that if no state agency has the authority or
expertise to propose green building standards applicable to a
particular occupancy, the commission shall adopt, approve, codify,
update, and publish green building standards for those occupancies.
   This bill would require the commission to solicit recommendations
for code updates relating to green building standards from state
agencies with the authority and expertise to propose green building
standards applicable to a particular occupancy. The bill would
require these agencies to submit recommended code updates for the
next 2 California Building Standards Code adoptions and to indicate
whether the recommended code updates are intended to be voluntary or
mandatory green building standards. The bill would require the
commission to compile the recommendations by adoption cycle and by
whether the recommendations are for voluntary or mandatory green
building standards.
   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 18930.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read: 
   18930.5.  If 
    18930.5.    (a) The commission shall solicit
recommendations for code updates relating to green building standards
from state agencies with the authority and expertise to propose
green building standards applicable to a particular occupancy. These
agencies shall submit recommended code updates for the next two
California Building Standards Code adoptions. The agencies shall
indicate whether the recommended code updates are intended to be
voluntary or mandatory green building standards. The commission shall
compile the recommendations by adoption cycle and by whether the
recommendations are for voluntary or mandatory green building
standards. 
    (b)     If  no state agency has the
authority or expertise to propose green building standards applicable
to a particular occupancy, the commission shall adopt, approve,
codify, update, and publish green building standards for those
occupancies.