PART 2.5. STATE BUILDING STANDARDS [18901. - 18949.31.]
Part 2.5 repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.
§§ 18901–18949.31 · 106 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 18901–18919 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. Title §§ 18901–18902 · 2 sections
- § 18901 (a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the California Building Standards Law. (b) The California Building Standards Commission shall continue within…
- § 18902 All references to the State Building Standards Code, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations shall mean the California Building Standards Code.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 18905–18919 · 19 sections
- § 18905 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this part.
- § 18905.5 “Adopting agency” means a state agency responsible for the adoption of building standards.
- § 18906 “Adoption” or “adopt” means, with respect to the procedure for promulgation of a building standard, the final act of a state agency that has the legislative…
- § 18907 “Approval” means, with respect to the procedure for promulgation of a building standard, the action of approval by the California Building Standards…
- § 18908 (a) “Building” means any structure used for support or shelter of any use or occupancy. “Structure” means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or…
- § 18909 (a) “Building standard” means any rule, regulation, order, or other requirement, including any amendment or repeal of that requirement, that specifically…
- § 18910 “Code” means the California Building Standards Code, including the triennial editions and supplements.
- § 18911 “Codification” or “codify” means to arrange building standards in the publication format of the code as determined by the commission.
- § 18912 “Commission” means the California Building Standards Commission.
- § 18913 “Emergency standard” means a building standard or an order of repeal of a building standard filed for publication in the code by the commission pursuant to…
- § 18914 “Executive director” means the Executive Director of the California Building Standards Commission.
- § 18915 “Local agency” means a city, county, and city and county, whether general law or chartered, district agency, authority, board, bureau, department, commission,…
- § 18916 “Model code” means any building code drafted by private organizations or otherwise, and shall include, but not be limited to, the latest edition of the…
- § 18917 “Occupancy” means the purpose for which a building, structure, or other improvement to property, or a part thereof, is used or intended to be used.
- § 18917.2 “Propose” refers, with respect to the procedure for promulgation of a building standard, to the state agency that has the legislative authority and…
- § 18917.3 “Publication” or “publish” means to print and make available to the public the California Building Standards Code or administrative regulations that apply…
- § 18917.5 “Secretary” means the Secretary of Government Operations.
- § 18918 “State agency” means a state agency as defined in Section 11000 of the Government Code.
- § 18919 “Regulation” means any rule, regulation, ordinance, or order promulgated by a state or local agency, including rules, regulations, or orders relating to…
CHAPTER 2. Organization §§ 18920–18929.1 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. The California Building Standards Commission §§ 18920–18924 · 5 sections
- § 18920 There is continued in existence in the Government Operations Agency a California Building Standards Commission consisting of the Secretary of Government…
- § 18921 (a) The appointed members of the commission shall be selected from, and represent the public, design professions, the building and construction industry, local…
- § 18922 The Secretary of Government Operations or the secretary’s representative shall serve as the chair of the commission. The commission shall elect a vice chair…
- § 18923 (a) The term of office of members of the commission shall be four years and they shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors,…
- § 18924 The members of the commission shall serve without compensation. Members of the commission who are not state officers shall be paid their actual necessary…
ARTICLE 2. The Executive Director of the State Building Standards Commission § 18925 · 1 section
- § 18925 The commission shall appoint an Executive Director of the California Building Standards Commission, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission.…
ARTICLE 3. The Coordinating Council and Advisory Panels §§ 18926–18929.1 · 6 sections
- § 18926 (a) There is, in the office of the executive director, a coordinating council. The membership of the council shall consist of the executive director, who shall…
- § 18927 The commission may appoint from the design professions, the building and construction industry, the affected general public, and interested governmental…
- § 18928 (a) Each state agency adopting or proposing adoption of a model code, national standard, or specification shall reference the most recent edition of applicable…
- § 18928.1 Building standards adopted or approved by the commission shall incorporate the text of the model codes, applicable national specifications, or published…
- § 18929 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), administrative regulations adopted by state agencies that apply directly to the implementation or…
- § 18929.1 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the commission shall receive proposed building standards from state agencies for consideration in an 18-month code…
CHAPTER 3. Powers of the Commission §§ 18930–18934.9 · 14 sections
- § 18930 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (g), any building standard adopted or proposed by state agencies shall be submitted to, and approved or adopted by, the…
- § 18930.5 (a) If no state agency has the authority or expertise to propose green building standards applicable to a particular occupancy, the commission shall adopt,…
- § 18931 The commission shall perform the following: (a) In accordance with Section 18930 and within 120 days from the date of receipt of adopted standards, review the…
- § 18931.5 (a) Each state agency that adopts or proposes building standards shall pay annually to the California Building Standards Commission a proportionate share of…
- § 18931.6 (a) Each city, county, or city and county shall collect a fee from any applicant for a building permit, assessed at the rate of four dollars ($4) per one…
- § 18931.7 (a) All funds received by the commission under this part shall be deposited in the Building Standards Administration Special Revolving Fund, which is hereby…
- § 18931.8 The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon it by this chapter, including, but not limited to, both of…
- § 18932 (a) The code shall indicate the agency having responsibility vested by law for the administration of each building standard and the occupancy or occupancies…
- § 18933 (a) The commission may give affected state agencies reasonable time, as specified by the commission, to adopt amendments to building standards submitted for…
- § 18934 State agencies proposing to adopt building standards shall adopt, and the commission shall approve, regulations establishing procedures to ensure public…
- § 18934.5 Where no state agency has the authority to adopt building standards applicable to state buildings, the commission shall adopt, approve, codify, and publish…
- § 18934.7 The commission shall adopt, approve, codify, and publish by reference in the California Building Standards Code the building standards in Appendix Chapter 1 of…
- § 18934.8 (a) Pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission may adopt amendments to the California Building Standards Code provided that they are substantially the same as…
- § 18934.9 (a) For purposes of this section, “press box” means a space reserved for reporters, press, or other media at a stadium. (b) (1) The commission, as part of the…
CHAPTER 4. The California Building Standards Code §§ 18935–18944.21 · 32 sections
- § 18935 (a) Notice of proposed building standards shall be given and hearings shall be held by the adopting agencies, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act,…
- § 18936 The commission shall mail notices of meetings with respect to its proposed action on any building standards to any design profession organizations, chambers of…
- § 18937 (a) Emergency standards shall be acted on by the commission within 30 days and only when the adopting agency or state agency that proposes the building…
- § 18938 (a) Building standards shall be filed with the Secretary of State and codified only after they have been approved by the commission and shall not be published…
- § 18938.3 With respect to the model codes that are designated in Sections 17922 and 18938 to serve as the basis for the California Building Standards Code but are no…
- § 18938.5 (a) Only those building standards approved by the commission, and that are effective at the local level at the time an application for a building permit is…
- § 18938.6 (a) Every permit shall remain valid for purposes of this part if the work on the site authorized by that permit is commenced within 12 months after its…
- § 18940 Codification of building standards approved by the commission shall be incorporated into the code and shall not be incorporated into other individual titles of…
- § 18940.5 As part of the next triennial update of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) adopted after January 1, 2014,…
- § 18940.6 (a) For purposes of this section, “recycled water” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code, and is…
- § 18940.7 (a) For purposes of this section, “water reuse system” includes both of the following: (1) A system approved for installation under the California Building…
- § 18941 All building standards shall be administered and enforced and, whenever practicable, written on a performance basis consistent with state and nationally…
- § 18941.5 (a) (1) Amendments, additions, and deletions to the California Building Standards Code, including, but not limited to, green building standards, adopted by a…
- § 18941.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, ordinances and programs adopted on or before January 1, 1993, that contain standards to strengthen…
- § 18941.7 Subject to Section 14877.3 of the Water Code, a city, county, or other local agency may adopt, after a public hearing and enactment of an ordinance or…
- § 18941.8 (a) As used in this section, “graywater” has the same meaning as defined in Section 17922.12. (b) Notwithstanding Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 14875) of…
- § 18941.9 The commission shall, in the next triennial adoption process for the code adopted after the development of a standard specification by the Department of…
- § 18941.10 (a) (1) The commission shall, commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of…
- § 18941.11 (a) (1) Commencing with the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), the commission…
- § 18941.12 (a) Notwithstanding any subsequent updates to building standards approved by the commission pursuant to this chapter, an individual submitting a proposed…
- § 18941.15 At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2019, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall…
- § 18941.17 (a) As part of each triennial California Building Standards Code rulemaking cycle that commences on or after January 1, 2023, the commission shall convene a…
- § 18942 (a) (1) The commission shall publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every three years. In the intervening period the…
- § 18942.1 (a) If a regulation or order of repeal is filed with the Office of Administrative Law, and if it appears to be a building standard, as defined by Section…
- § 18943 Building standards in individual titles of the California Code of Regulations other than the California Building Standards Code shall have no force or effect…
- § 18944 State agencies shall adopt regulations for publication in the titles of the California Code of Regulations containing other regulations of the agency to…
- § 18944.5 The code shall be binding on the state and other public agencies, including federal agencies to the extent permitted by federal law, in the same manner as it…
- § 18944.7 The alternative building regulations and building standards authorized under the State Historical Building Code (Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 18950) of…
- § 18944.11 On or before July 1, 2009, any state agency that adopts or proposes building standards for plumbing systems shall consider developing building standards that…
- § 18944.18 (a) The California Building Standards Commission, in conjunction with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, shall repeal Section 1226.7 of…
- § 18944.19 (a) Upon the next triennial update of the California Green Building Standards Code (Part 11 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations) that occurs on…
- § 18944.21 (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the commission shall consider whether to adopt the most recent versions of the following consensus safety standards, to be…
CHAPTER 4.5. Guidelines for Straw-Bale Structures §§ 18944.30–18944.41 · 7 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 18944.30–18944.33 · 4 sections
- § 18944.30 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is an urgent need for low-cost, energy-efficient housing in California. (b) The cost of…
- § 18944.31 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the guidelines established by this chapter shall apply to the construction of all structures that use baled…
- § 18944.32 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as an exemption from Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of, or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of,…
- § 18944.33 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows: (a) “Bales” means rectangular compressed blocks of straw, bound by strings or…
ARTICLE 2. Guidelines for Materials § 18944.35 · 1 section
- § 18944.35 (a) Bales shall be rectangular in shape. (b) Bales used within a continuous wall shall be of consistent height and width to ensure even distribution of loads…
ARTICLE 3. Construction Guidelines §§ 18944.40–18944.41 · 2 sections
- § 18944.40 (a) Straw-bale walls, when covered with plaster, drywall, or stucco, shall be deemed to have the equivalent fire resistive rating as wood-frame construction…
- § 18944.41 Sections 18944.30, 18944.31, 18944.33, 18944.35, and 18944.40 shall become inoperative when building standards become effective after approval by the…
CHAPTER 5. Appeals and Enforcement §§ 18945–18949 · 6 sections
- § 18945 (a) Any person adversely affected by any regulation, rules, omission, interpretation, decision, or practice of any state agency respecting the administration…
- § 18946 Except as provided in Section 18947, the commission may hear the appeal itself, or by designating a member of the commission to be a hearing officer, or may…
- § 18947 Where the appeal issue results from the enforcement of a standard for occupational safety and health by an inspector of the Division of Occupational Safety and…
- § 18948 The responsibility for the enforcement and administration of building standards shall remain in the state or local agency specified by other provisions of law.
- § 18948.1 (a) Written rules and regulations by a local enforcement agency to clarify the application of the California Building Standards Code shall be made available to…
- § 18949 The commission shall establish a schedule of fees for appeals in an amount sufficient to pay its costs of administration and hearing appeals.
CHAPTER 6. Regulations §§ 18949.1–18949.7 · 7 sections
- § 18949.1 Any responsibilities of the State Architect to adopt regulations relating to building standards are hereby transferred to the commission.
- § 18949.2 (a) Any responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal to adopt, through a formal rulemaking process as provided in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of…
- § 18949.3 Any responsibilities of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to adopt regulations relating to building standards, including, but not limited…
- § 18949.4 The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall submit building standards to the commission for review and approval pursuant to…
- § 18949.5 Any responsibilities of the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations relating to buildings standards are hereby transferred to the…
- § 18949.6 (a) The commission shall adopt regulations setting forth the procedure for the adoption of building standards and administrative regulations that apply…
- § 18949.7 Any responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations relating to building standards are hereby transferred to the commission,…
CHAPTER 7. Construction Inspectors, Plans Examiners, and Building Officials §§ 18949.25–18949.31 · 7 sections
- § 18949.25 For purposes of this chapter, “construction inspector” means any person who is hired or contracted by a local agency in a temporary or permanent capacity for…
- § 18949.26 For purposes of this chapter, “plans examiner” means any person who is hired or contracted by a local agency in a temporary or permanent capacity for the…
- § 18949.27 For purposes of this chapter, “building official” means the individual invested with the responsibility for overseeing local code enforcement activities,…
- § 18949.28 (a) All construction inspectors, plans examiners and building officials who are not exempt from the requirements of this chapter pursuant to subdivision (b),…
- § 18949.29 (a) All construction inspectors, plans examiners, and building officials shall complete a minimum of 45 hours of continuing education for every three-year…
- § 18949.30 This chapter does not apply to a registered professional engineer, licensed land surveyor, or licensed architect rendering construction inspection services,…
- § 18949.31 The local agency shall bear the costs of certification, certification renewal, and continuing education, as mandated by this chapter. The local agency may…