BILL ANALYSIS �
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GOVERNOR'S VETO
AB 2270 (Ting)
As Amended March 28, 2014
2/3 vote
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 14-0 APPROPRIATIONS
(17-0)
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|Ayes:|Bonilla, Jones, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bigelow, |
| |Bocanegra, Campos, | |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian |
| |Dickinson, Eggman, | |Calderon, Campos, |
| |Gordon, Hagman, Holden, | |Donnelly, Eggman, Gomez, |
| |Maienschein, Mullin, | |Holden, Jones, Linder, |
| |Skinner, Ting, Wilk | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Wagner, |
| | | |Weber |
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ASSEMBLY: 73-0 (May 23, 2014) SENATE:
34-0 (August 28, 2014)
SUMMARY : Authorizes the California Building Standards
Commission (CBSC) to appoint individuals from the energy and
resource efficiency professions to appropriate advisory panels
that advise the CBSC and its staff with respect to building
standards. Specifically, this bill :
1)Authorizes the CBSC to appoint individuals from the energy and
resource efficiency professions to appropriate advisory panels
that advise the CBSC and its staff with respect to building
standards.
2)States that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to promote the creation of energy and resource
efficient homes in California.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS:
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1)Purpose of this bill. This bill would codify existing
practices and expressly authorize CBSC to appoint individuals
from the energy and resource efficiency professions to its
advisory panels to strengthen and promote California's
commitment to sustainable building practices. This bill is
author sponsored.
2)Author's statement. According to the author, "In 2010, (CBSC)
approved the California Green Building Standards Code
(CALGREEN) with which all new buildings in California must
comply. CALGREEN is the first mandatory statewide green
building code adopted in the nation and requires all
residential and commercial developers to implement building
standards such as a 20% reduction in indoor water use,
compliance with energy efficiency standards promulgated by the
California Energy Commission, and use of low-pollutant
emitting construction and finishing materials?
"As is the case with the other portions of the building
standards code, CALGREEN is revisited and updated every three
years by the CBSC. Current law authorizes six code advisory
committees that advise the CBSC and its staff on proposed
building standards. Advisory committee members are appointed
by the CBSC from the design professions, the building and
construction industry, the affected general public, and
interested governmental agencies. As the building standards
code evolves to account for more energy and resource
efficiency measures, it is important to ensure that the CBSC
is able to draw upon the knowledge and qualifications of
experts in the field.
"AB 2270 would expressly authorize the CBSC to appoint
individuals from the energy and resource efficiency
professions to its advisory panels. Utilizing the expertise
of energy and resource efficiency professionals will help
strengthen California's building codes and further demonstrate
California's commitment to sustainable construction
practices."
3)Buildings standards and advisory committees. The California
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Building Standards Law establishes the CBSC and the process
for adopting state building standards. Under this process,
state agencies propose building standards for building types
under their jurisdiction, which the CBSC must then adopt,
modify, or reject. The CBSC publishes the California Building
Standards Code every three years, and its supplements, such as
the CALGREEN, in intervening years.
CBSC is authorized to appoint to these advisory panels persons
from the design professions, the building and construction
industry, the affected general public, and interested
governmental agencies to advise CBSC and its staff with
respect to building standards. Administrative regulations
require CBSC to establish the following standing code advisory
committees: accessibility; plumbing, electrical, mechanical
and energy (PEME); building, fire, and other regulations;
structural design/lateral forces; health facilities; and green
building. CBSC already solicits nominations from energy and
resource efficiency professions for some advisory committees.
Currently, CBSC is required to solicit nominations for a
voting member of the PEME committee from an
environmental/energy organization, and nominations for voting
members of the green building committee who are mechanical or
electrical engineers or energy/building performance
specialists.
This bill would expressly authorize CBSC to appoint energy and
resource efficiency professionals to these advisory
committees, which would codify existing practices to promote
the use of energy and resource efficiency professionals on
these committees and reinforce the state's commitment to
sustainable building standards.
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE :
"This bill allows the California Building Standards Commission
to appoint individuals from the energy and resource efficiency
professions to serve on advisory panels with respect to building
standards.
"The California Building Standards Commission is already
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required to appoint energy and resources efficiency
professionals to serve on the advisory panels."
Analysis Prepared by : Eunie Linden / B., P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301
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