BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
211 (Mendoza)
Hearing Date: 08/27/2009 Amended: 07/08/2009
Consultant: Dan Troy Policy Vote: ED 6-0
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BILL SUMMARY: AB 211 would require new construction projects
submitted to the Division of the State Architect on or after
July 1, 2010 to include locks that allow classrooms, or any room
with occupancy of more than five persons, to be locked from the
inside. The locks would be required to meet Title 24
regulations of the California Building Standards Code. The bill
would exempt restrooms and rooms locked from the outside at all
times from the requirement.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Fund
Security Locks $160 to $320 $160 to $320
Bond
*Proposition 1D or other future K-12 construction bonds
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STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.
Proposition 1D (AB 127, Nunez and Perata, Chapter 35/2006),
approved $7.3 billion in funding for K-12 education facilities,
of which $1.9 billion was designated for new construction.
Approximately $500 million remains in new construction funds.
Under current law, the Division of the State Architect (DSA)
supervises the design and construction of any school building or
the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school
building to ensure that plans and specifications comply with
existing law and Title 24 regulations of the California Building
Standards Code.
According to the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC),
the cost of security locks that meet the requirements of the
bill range from $30 to $60. Based on the construction project
applications between 2006 and 2008, the OPSC anticipates that
this bill would increase total annual project costs by
approximately $160,000 to $320,000.