BILL NUMBER: AB 2525	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 18944.20) to
Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
building standards.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2525, as introduced, Smyth. Appliances: tankless water heater
venting materials.
   Existing law regulates the sale, purchase, or offer for sale of
various appliances and devices, including heating appliances and
automatic garage door openers.
   This bill would require materials used in the construction of
exhaust systems designed for the extraction of toxic gases, if the
failure of that material could result in physical harm to humans, be
appropriately tested and suited for that purpose.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 4.4 (commencing with Section 18944.20) is added
to Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 4.4.  EXHAUST SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS


   18944.20.  Materials used in the construction of exhaust systems
designed for the extraction of toxic gases, where the failure of that
material could result in physical harm to humans, shall be
appropriately tested and suited for that purpose.