BILL NUMBER: AB 1297	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add and repeal Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 18970)
of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to buildings.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1297, as amended, Evans.   Buildings: rehabilitation.
   Existing law establishes the California Building Standards
Commission, provides for the adoption of the California Building
Standards Code, and contains various provisions relating to the
safety and reuse of buildings.
   This bill would, until January 1, 2009, establish the California
Building Rehabilitation Code Advisory Council, which would be
required to recommend whether development of a California building
rehabilitation guideline would improve the reuse and safety of
existing buildings and whether it should be adopted as an appendix to
the California Building Standards Code.
   The bill would require specified reports and recommendations to be
made to the commission, advisory panels appointed by the commission,
and the Legislature by prescribed dates.
   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.  Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 18970) is added to
Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      PART 2.8.  BUILDING REHABILITATION

   18970.
   There is hereby established the California Building Rehabilitation
Code Advisory Council.
   18971.
   (a) Members of the council shall be appointed by the executive
director of the California Building Standards Commission by March 31,
2006.
   (b) The members shall include, but not be limited to, 
representatives from   one representative from each of
the following:  the California Building Standards Commission,
the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Division of
the State Architect, the office of the State Fire Marshal, the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the Seismic
Safety Commission, the League of California Cities, the California
State Association of Counties, the California Building Industry
Association, the Building Owners and Managers Association, the County
Building Officials Association of California, the California
Building Officials, the American Institute of Architects California
Council, the California Apartment Association, the Structural
Engineers Association of California, the Concrete Masonry Association
of California and Nevada, the California Hotel and Motel
Association, the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of
California, the California Business Properties Association, the
California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, the California
Professional Firefighters, an organization that represents low-income
tenants, and the California Association of Realtors.
   (c) The members of the council shall serve without compensation
and shall not be reimbursed by the state for expenses.
   18972.
   (a) The council shall recommend to the appropriate advisory panels
of the commission established pursuant to Section 18927 whether
development of a California building rehabilitation guideline would
improve the reuse and safety of existing residential and
nonresidential buildings, and whether this guideline should be
adopted as a separate appendix to the California Building Standards
Code that may be adopted at the discretion of local governments.
   (b) In making those recommendations, the council shall consider
national and state rehabilitation codes and guidelines.
   (c) The commission shall assist the council in carrying out its
duties pursuant to this section. The commission shall  absorb
any costs related to the implementation of this section and, to the
extent feasible, shall seek in-kind   seek  service
assistance related to the implementation of this section from the
 private sector  organizations represented on the
council.
   (d) The council  and funding from nonstate sources to provide
for the implementation of this section  shall make its
recommendations to the advisory panels by June 30, 2007.
   (e) After a public hearing process, the advisory panels shall
report to the commission by September 30, 2007, on whether the
commission should adopt a California building rehabilitation
guideline.
   (f) On or before March 31, 2008, the commission shall consider the
following:
   (1) The reports and recommendations of the advisory panels
completed pursuant to subdivision (e).
   (2) The adoption of a California building rehabilitation
guideline.
   (g) If the commission adopts a California building rehabilitation
guideline, the commission shall report to the Legislature within six
months on the contents of the guideline and the expected impact on
the rehabilitation of existing buildings.
   18973.
   This part shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2009, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is
enacted on or before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends that date.