{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"81177","citation":"Ed. Code, § 81177","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [66000. - 101460.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 7. COMMUNITY COLLEGES [70900. - 88933.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-7"},{"name":"PART 49. COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION FACILITIES [81003. - 82548.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-7/part-49"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. School Sites [81003. - 81192.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-7/part-49/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Fitness for Occupancy [81160. - 81179.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-7/part-49/chapter-1/article-8"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 113.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>(a) No member of the governing board of a community college district shall be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property resulting from the fact that a school building was not constructed under the requirements of Article 7 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/edc/81130\">81130</a>), if the governing board complies with this article.</p><p>A licensed structural engineer or licensed architect, employed by a governing board to examine any school building under this article, shall not be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property as a result of the structural inadequacy and failure of a building, if he or she has exercised normal professional diligence in carrying out his or her functions under Article 7 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/edc/81130\">81130</a>) and this article.</p><p>(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), nothing in this article shall be construed as relieving any member of the governing board of a community college district of any liability for injury to persons or damage to property imposed by law.</p>","text":"(a) No member of the governing board of a community college district shall be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property resulting from the fact that a school building was not constructed under the requirements of Article 7 (commencing with Section 81130), if the governing board complies with this article. A licensed structural engineer or licensed architect, employed by a governing board to examine any school building under this article, shall not be held personally liable for injury to persons or damage to property as a result of the structural inadequacy and failure of a building, if he or she has exercised normal professional diligence in carrying out his or her functions under Article 7 (commencing with Section 81130) and this article. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), nothing in this article shall be construed as relieving any member of the governing board of a community college district of any liability for injury to persons or damage to property imposed by law.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/fitness-for-occupancy-81177","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}