BILL NUMBER: AB 2270	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act  to amend Section 18927 of the Health and Safety Code,
  relating to housing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2270, as amended, Ting.  Energy and resource efficient
housing.   California Building   Standards
Commission: advisory panels.  
   Existing law establishes various programs to promote the
development and preservation of energy efficient housing throughout
the state.  
   The California Building Standards Law establishes the California
Building Standards Commission and requires the commission to appoint
an executive director. The law authorizes the commission to appoint
advisory panels from the design professions, the building and
construction industry, the affected general public, and interested
governmental agencies to advise the commission and its staff. 
    This   bill would authorize the commission to also
appoint individuals from the energy and resource efficiency
professions to an advisory panel.  This bill would state the
intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would promote the
creation of energy and resource efficient homes in California.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to promote the creation of energy and resource efficient
homes in California.
   SEC. 2.    Section 18927 of the   Health and
Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   18927.  The commission may appoint from the design professions,
 the energy and resource efficiency professions,  the
building and construction industry, the affected general public, and
interested governmental agencies, appropriate advisory panels to
advise the commission and its staff with respect to building
standards. The persons appointed to the panels shall be specifically
knowledgeable and qualified in the type of work embraced by the
building standards in question. These persons shall serve without
compensation, but may receive actual necessary travel expenses.