BILL NUMBER: AB 764	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 18940.7 to the Health and Safety Code, and
to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11895) to Part 3 of
Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to parking lots.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 764, as amended, Quirk. Parking lots: design: insurance
discount.
   Existing law provides that building standards shall be filed by
the California Building Standards Commission with the Secretary of
State and codified only after they have been approved by the
commission. Existing law regulates the issuance and renewal of
liability insurance policies in this state.
   This bill would authorize the commission to adopt building
standards to require that the installation of vehicle barriers, as
defined, be considered in the design of any new public parking lot.
The bill would also authorize an insurer to consider the installation
of vehicle barriers on a commercial property parking lot as a safety
measure eligible for   and seek  a
discount on the property owner's  rates for 
insurance covering  damage or loss to the covered commercial
property, or  liability arising out of the ownership,
maintenance, or use of the commercial property.
   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 18940.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   18940.7.  (a) The California Building Standards Commission may
adopt building standards to require that the installation of vehicle
barriers are considered in the design of any new public parking lot.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, a vehicle barrier includes a
horizontal or vertical protective device placed to protect buildings
or pedestrians from collisions by motor vehicles.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11895) is added to Part
3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 6.  COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PARKING LOTS: VEHICLE BARRIER
DISCOUNT


   11895.  (a) An insurer may consider the installation of vehicle
barriers on a commercial property parking lot as a safety measure
 eligible for   and, consistent with Article 10
(commencing with Section 1861.01) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division
1, seek  a discount on the property owner's  rates for
   insurance covering  damage or loss to the
  covered commercial property, or  liability arising
out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the commercial property.

   (b) For the purposes of this section, a vehicle barrier includes a
horizontal or vertical protective device placed to protect buildings
or pedestrians from collisions by motor vehicles.