AB 2227, as amended, Quirk. Building standards: solar energy systems.
Existing law declares that it is the policy of the state to promote and encourage the use of solar energy systems. Existing law provides that building standards shall be filed by the California Building Standards Commission with the Secretary of State and codified only after they have been approved by the commission.
This bill would require that building standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of solar energy systems, as specified, be adopted and published in the California Building Standards Code by the commission no later thanbegin delete July 1, 2015.end deletebegin insert January 1, 2017.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 18938.4 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code, to read:
(a) The California Building Standards Commission
4shall adopt building standards for the construction, installation,
P2 1and alteration of solar energy systems and publish the standards
2in the California Building Standards Code on or beforebegin delete July 1, begin insert January 1, 2017.end insert
32015.end delete
4(b) These standards shall be based on national building standards
5that have been designated by the American National Standards
6Institute as American National Standards, with any amendments,
7deletions, or additions determinedbegin insert
to beend insert
appropriate by the
8commission, the Department of Housing and Community
9Development, or other agencies with applicable building standards
10jurisdiction.
11(c) For purposes of this section, “solar energy systems” includes,
12but is not limited to, equipment and appliances intended to utilize
13solar energy for heating or cooling, water heating, swimming pool
14heating, process heating, and solar photovoltaic systems.
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