Amended in Senate June 10, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 2, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 8, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 2, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1092

Introduced by Assembly Member Levine

February 22, 2013

An act to add Section 18941.10 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to building standards.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1092, as amended, Levine. Building standards: electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

The California Building Standards Law provides for the adoption of building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission for approval and adoption. In the absence of a designated state agency, the commission is required to adopt specific building standards, as prescribed. Existing law requires the commission to publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every 3 years.

This bill would require the commission, commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after January 1, 2014, to adopt, approve, codify, and publish mandatory building standards for the installation of future electric vehicle charging infrastructure for parking spaces in multifamily dwellings and nonresidential development. The bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to propose mandatory building standards for the installation of future electric vehicle charging infrastructure for parking spaces in multifamily dwellings and submit the proposed mandatory building standards to the commission for consideration. begin insert The bill would require the end insert begin insert department end insert begin insert and the commission, in proposing and adopting the mandatory building standards, to use specified sections of the California Green Building Standards Code as the starting point end insert begin insert for the mandatory building standards and to actively consult with interested parties. end insert

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 18941.10 is added to the Health and
Safety Code, to read:

18941.10.  

(a) (1) The commission shall, commencing with
the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code
(Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) adopted after
January 1, 2014, adopt, approve, codify, and publish mandatory
building standards for the installation of future electric vehicle
charging infrastructure for parking spaces in multifamily dwellings
and nonresidential development.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Department of Housing
and Community Development shall propose mandatory building
standards for the installation of future electric vehicle charging
infrastructure for parking spaces in multifamily dwellings and
submit the proposed mandatory building standards to the
commission for consideration.

(b)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert In proposing and adopting mandatory building standards
under this section, the Department of Housing and Community
Development and the commission shall use Sections A4.106.6,
A4.106.6.1, A4.106.6.2, A5.106.5.1, and A5.106.5.3 of the
California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24 of
the California Code of Regulations) as the starting point for the
mandatory building standards and amend those standards as
necessary.

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(2) In proposing and adopting mandatory building standards
under this section, the Department of Housing and Community
Development and the commission shall actively consult with
interested parties, including, but not limited to, investor-owned
utilities, municipal utilities, manufacturers, local building officials,
commercial building and apartment owners, and the building
industry.

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