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          Date of Hearing:   May 4, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                 AB 930 (Gordon) - As Introduced:  February 18, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires that at least one member of the California 
          Building Standards Commission (BSC) be experienced and 
          knowledgeable in sustainable building design, construction, and 
          operation.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           Background  . The CBSC administers California's building codes, 
          including adopting, approving, publishing, and implementing 
          codes and standards. The commission consists of the Secretary of 
          the State and Consumer Services Agency and 10 members appointed 
          by the governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The 
          board membership must include an architect, a mechanical or 
          electrical engineer or fire protection engineer, a structural 
          engineer, a licensed contractor, a member from the organized 
          labor in the building trades, a local building official, a local 
          fire official, at least one member experienced and knowledgeable 
          in each of barrier free architecture and access for persons with 
          physical disabilities and in building energy efficiency 
          standards.

           Purpose . According to the sponsor, the United States Green 
          Building Council California Advisory Committee, "Considering 
          green building's critical role in the emerging California 
          economy and the associated benefits of energy efficiency, 
          environmental health and job growth, the CBSC needs resident 








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          expertise in this area. The recent implementation of the 
          California Green Building Standards Code by the CBSC makes the 
          need for members of the CBSC to have experience in sustainable 
          building, design, construction and operation more important than 
          ever before."

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081