BILL NUMBER: SB 912 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 4, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 28, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Lieu
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to repeal and add Section 9600.5 of the
Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to employment.
An act to amend Sections 7026.12 and 7057 of the Business and
Professions Code, and to add Section 13110 to the Health and Safety
Code, relating to fire protection.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 912, as amended, Lieu. Employment Development
Department: training expenditure reports. Contractors:
fire safety: State Fire Marshal.
Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the
licensure and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State
License Board.
Under existing law, the installation of a fire protection system
is required to be performed by a contractor holding a fire protection
contractor classification or by a specified owner-builder if certain
requirements are met.
This bill would authorize the installation of a residential fire
protection system for new construction of single-family or 2-family
dwellings to be performed by a contractor holding a fire protection
contractor classification, a general building contractor, or a
plumbing contractor.
Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to be
administered by the State Fire Marshal. Existing law authorizes the
State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations in specified circumstances
and requires the State Fire Marshal to aid in the enforcement of
building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and published in
the State Building Standards Code relating to fires or to fire
prevention and protection.
This bill would provide the State Fire Marshal with the authority
to adopt and administer the regulations and building standards, for
all occupancy buildings, that he or she deems necessary in order to
ensure fire safety in buildings and structures and would specify that
those building standards are subject to certain requirements.
Existing law requires the director of the Employment Development
Department to provide an annual report, no later than November 30, to
the Governor, the Legislature, and the California Workforce
Investment Board, regarding the training expenditures made by local
workforce investment boards in the prior fiscal year. Existing law
also requires that the department identify what expenditures qualify
as training expenditures, as specified.
This bill would remove this reporting requirement and instead
require the Employment Development Department to provide a report,
within 6 months after the end of the 2nd program year of the 2-year
period of availability for expenditure of federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 funds, to the Governor, the Legislature, and
the California Workforce Investment Board, regarding the training
expenditures made by local workforce investment boards in the prior 2
program years. This bill would also require the report to identify
the amount of any leveraged funds expended by the local workforce
investment boards for training services.
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. Section 7026.12 of the
Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
7026.12. (a) The installation of a fire
protection system, excluding an electrical alarm system, shall be
performed only by a contractor holding a fire protection contractor
classification as defined in the regulations of the board or by an
owner-builder of an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, if not
more than two single-family dwellings on the same parcel are
constructed within one year, plans are submitted to and approved by
the city, county, or city and county authority, and the city, county,
or city and county authority inspects and approves the installation.
(b) The installation of a residential fire protection system for
new construction of single-family or two-family dwellings may be
performed by a contractor holding a fire protection contractor
classification, a general building contractor, or a plumbing
contractor as defined in this chapter and board regulations.
SEC. 2. Section 7057 of the Business
and Professions Code is amended to read:
7057. (a) Except as provided in this section, a general building
contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in
connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built,
for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals,
chattels, or movable property of any kind, requiring in its
construction the use of at least two unrelated building trades or
crafts, or to do or superintend the whole or any part thereof.
This does not include anyone who merely furnishes materials or
supplies under Section 7045 without fabricating them into, or
consuming them in the performance of the work of the general building
contractor.
(b) A general building contractor may take a prime contract or a
subcontract for a framing or carpentry project. However, a general
building contractor shall not take a prime contract for any project
involving trades other than framing or carpentry unless the prime
contract requires at least two unrelated building trades or crafts
other than framing or carpentry, or unless the general building
contractor holds the appropriate license classification or
subcontracts with an appropriately licensed contractor to perform the
work. A general building contractor shall not take a subcontract
involving trades other than framing or carpentry, unless the
subcontract requires at least two unrelated trades or crafts other
than framing or carpentry, or unless the general building contractor
holds the appropriate license classification. The general building
contractor may not count framing or carpentry in calculating the two
unrelated trades necessary in order for the general building
contractor to be able to take a prime contract or subcontract for a
project involving other trades.
(c) No general building contractor shall contract for any project
that includes the "C-16" Fire Protection classification as provided
for in Section 7026.12 other than a residential fire
protection system for single-family or two-family dwellings or
the "C-57" Well Drilling classification as provided for in Section
13750.5 of the Water Code, unless the general building contractor
holds the appropriate license classification, or subcontracts with
the appropriately licensed contractor.
SEC. 3. Section 13110 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
13110. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this part, the State Fire Marshal shall have the authority to adopt
and administer the regulations and building standards, for all
occupancy buildings, that he or she deems necessary in order to
ensure fire safety in buildings and structures within this state.
Building standards shall be submitted to the State Building Standards
Commission for approval pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13.
SECTION 1. Section 9600.5 of the Unemployment
Insurance Code is repealed.
SEC. 2. Section 9600.5 is added to the
Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:
9600.5. Beginning with the 2012 program year, the Employment
Development Department shall report to the Governor, the Legislature,
and the California Workforce Investment Board, within six months
after the end of the second program year of the two-year period of
availability for expenditure of federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998 funds, the training expenditures made by local workforce
investment boards in the prior two program years. The report shall
specify the total amount of federal funding provided to the state and
to each of the local workforce investment areas for the adult and
dislocated persons programs and the amount within each program
expended for training services, as defined in Section 14211. The
report shall also specify the amount of any leveraged funds, as
defined in Section 14211, expended by the local workforce investment
boards for training services.