BILL NUMBER: AB 1904 CHAPTERED 10/11/93 BILL TEXT CHAPTER 1294 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 11, 1993 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 11, 1993 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 7, 1993 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 1, 1993 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 30, 1993 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 23, 1993 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 8, 1993 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 24, 1993 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 5, 1993 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Willie Brown MARCH 5, 1993 An act to amend Sections 17922.1 and 18941.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to building standards, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1904, W. Brown. Building standards: potentially hazardous buildings. Existing law requires local jurisdictions to adopt programs to mitigate potentially hazardous buildings, as specified. This bill would make technical nonsubstantive changes to that law. This bill would state that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 17922.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 17922.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the building standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the International Conference of Building Officials, as published in the California Building Standards Code, shall not apply to a local jurisdiction that has adopted, on or before January 1, 1993, a program for mitigation of potentially hazardous buildings, provided that a proposed ordinance containing standards to strengthen buildings prescribed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8875.2 of the Government Code was introduced on or before July 27, 1992. (b) For all ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that do not meet the conditions of subdivision (a), standards to strengthen buildings shall conform to requirements of Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the International Conference of Building Officials, except as to requirements found by local ordinance to be inapplicable based on local conditions. (c) Ordinances and programs adopted pursuant to this section shall conclusively be presumed to comply with the requirements of Chapter 173 of the Statutes of 1991. SEC. 2. Section 18941.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 18941.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the building standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the International Conference of Building Officials, as published in the California Building Standards Code, shall not apply to a local jurisdiction that has adopted, on or before January 1, 1993, a program for mitigation of potentially hazardous buildings, provided that a proposed ordinance containing standards to strengthen buildings prescribed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8875.2 of the Government Code was introduced on or before July 27, 1992. (b) For all ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that do not meet the conditions of subdivision (a), standards to strengthen buildings shall conform to those requirements of Appendix Chapter 1 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the International Conference of Building Officials, except as to requirements found by local ordinance to be inapplicable based on local conditions. (c) Ordinances and programs adopted pursuant to this section shall be conclusively presumed to comply with the requirements of Chapter 173 of the Statutes of 1991. SEC. 3. Section 4 of Chapter 346 of the Statutes of 1992 shall apply for purposes of this act. SEC. 4. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order to ensure the proper administration of programs for the mitigation of potentially hazardous buildings, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.