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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1731
Author: Assembly Housing and Community Development
Committee
Amended: 8/29/03 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE HOUSING & COMM. DEV. COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/30/03
AYES: Ducheny, Hollingsworth, Ackerman, Alarcon, Cedillo,
Dunn, Florez, Torlakson
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/22/03 (Passed on Consent) - See
last page for vote
SUBJECT : Buildings and housing
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes a number of non-controversial
changes to laws related to housing.
Senate floor amendments of 8/29/03 (1) correct drafting
errors in SB 211 (Torlakson) of 2001; (2) delete proposed
chapter headings for the Davis-Stirling Act; and (3) make
other technical changes.
ANALYSIS : State Historical Building Code . The State
Historical Building Safety Board within the Division of the
State Architect may propose for adoption by the California
Building Standards Commission alternative building
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standards for qualified historical buildings or structures,
known as the State Historical Building Code.
This bill amends the State Historical Building Code act to:
1. Uniformly reference "qualified historical buildings or
structures," which is a defined term.
2. Provide that any local agency that enforces building
codes within their legal authority, in addition to the
building department, shall apply the alternative
standards of the code.
3. Apply the act to structures or property at historical
locations or sites.
4. Make other non-substantive, technical changes.
Community Redevelopment Law . SB 211 (Torlakson) of 2001
allowed redevelopment agencies to extend time limits both
for incurring debt and for the life of a project area under
certain conditions. With respect to project areas adopted
after January 1, 1994, SB 211 retained then-existing law
that exempted debt related to low and moderate income
housing from the time limit on incurring debt. With
respect to project areas adopted prior to 1994, however,
this exemption was inadvertently removed.
This bill reenacts this provision to exempt debt related to
affordable housing from the time limits associated with
pre-1994 project areas.
Comments
Omnibus bill . SB 305 is intended to make non-controversial
changes to the codes relating to housing and community
development. According to the Legislative Analyst, the
cost of producing a bill in 2001-02 was $17,890. By
combining multiple matters into one bill, the Legislature
can make non-controversial amendments in the most
cost-effective manner.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aghazarian, Bates, Benoit, Berg, Bermudez, Bogh,
Calderon, Campbell, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu,
Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Diaz, Dutra, Dutton,
Dymally, Firebaugh, Frommer, Garcia, Hancock, Harman,
Haynes, Jerome Horton, Shirley Horton, Houston, Jackson,
Keene, Kehoe, Koretz, La Malfa, La Suer, Laird, Leno,
Leslie, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Longville, Lowenthal,
Maddox, Maldonado, Matthews, Maze, McCarthy, Montanez,
Mountjoy, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nakano, Nation, Negrete
McLeod, Oropeza, Pacheco, Parra, Pavley, Plescia, Reyes,
Richman, Ridley-Thomas, Runner, Salinas, Samuelian,
Spitzer, Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Wiggins, Wolk,
Wyland, Yee
NC:sl 9/1/03 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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