{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"18944.41","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 18944.41","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 13. HOUSING [17000. - 19997.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13"},{"name":"PART 2.5. STATE BUILDING STANDARDS [18901. - 18949.31.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13/part-2.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4.5. Guidelines for Straw-Bale Structures [18944.30. - 18944.41.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13/part-2.5/chapter-4.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Construction Guidelines [18944.40. - 18944.41.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-13/part-2.5/chapter-4.5/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 31, Sec. 6.   Effective April 26, 2002.","effective":"2002-04-26","html":"<p>Sections <a href=\"/hsc/18944.30\">18944.30</a>, <a href=\"/hsc/18944.31\">18944.31</a>, <a href=\"/hsc/18944.33\">18944.33</a>, <a href=\"/hsc/18944.35\">18944.35</a>, and <a href=\"/hsc/18944.40\">18944.40</a> shall become inoperative when building standards become effective after approval by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/hsc/18935\">18935</a>) that permit the construction of structures that use baled straw as a loadbearing or nonloadbearing material and that are safe to the public.</p>","text":"Sections 18944.30, 18944.31, 18944.33, 18944.35, and 18944.40 shall become inoperative when building standards become effective after approval by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) that permit the construction of structures that use baled straw as a loadbearing or nonloadbearing material and that are safe to the public.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/construction-guidelines-18944-41","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}