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• § 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 Section 11346.
• § 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, or other governmental entity of less than
• § 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 following: (a) The International Building Code o
• § 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 responsibility to write proposed building standards.
• § 18917.3 — “Publication” or “publish” means to print and make available to the public the California Building Standards Code or administrative regulations that apply directly to the implementation or enforcement
• § 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 occupancy or the use of land.
• § 1892 — In addition to the general duties set forth in Section 1891, the office shall have the following responsibilities: (a) The office shall have the following emergency preparedness and mitigation duties.
• § 18920 — There is continued in existence in the Government Operations Agency a California Building Standards Commission consisting of the Secretary of Government Operations and 10 members appointed by the Gove
• § 18921 — (a) The appointed members of the commission shall be selected from, and represent the public, design professions, the building and construction industry, local government building officials, fire and
• § 18922 — The Secretary of Government Operations or the secretary’s representative shall serve as the chair of the commission.
• § 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, not to exceed 180 days after the term is
• § 18924 — The members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
• § 18925 — The commission shall appoint an Executive Director of the California Building Standards Commission, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the commission.
• § 18926 — (a) There is, in the office of the executive director, a coordinating council.
• § 18927 — The commission may appoint from the design professions, the building and construction industry, the affected general public, and interested governmental agencies, appropriate advisory panels to advise
• § 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 model codes, national standards, or spec
• § 18928.1 — Building standards adopted or approved by the commission shall incorporate the text of the model codes, applicable national specifications, or published standards, in whole or in part, only by referen
• § 18929 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), administrative regulations adopted by state agencies that apply directly to the implementation or enforcement of building standards shall be forwar
• § 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 adoption cycle.
• § 1893 — For purposes of implementing this division, the agency and the office may enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts, or amend existing contracts, on a bid or negotiated basis.
• § 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 California Building Standards Commission p
• § 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, approve, codify, update, and publish green b
• § 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 standards of adopting agencies and approv
• § 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 the cost of the review and publication of b
• § 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 hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in valuati
• § 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 established in the State Treasury.
• § 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 the following: (a) To accept any federal fu
• § 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 affected by each building standard.
• § 18933 — (a) The commission may give affected state agencies reasonable time, as specified by the commission, to adopt amendments to building standards submitted for approval.
• § 18934 — State agencies proposing to adopt building standards shall adopt, and the commission shall approve, regulations establishing procedures to ensure public participation in the development of building st
• § 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 building standards providing the minimum sta
• § 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 the International Existing Building Code
• § 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 model code amendments which were adopted
• § 18934.9 — (a) For purposes of this section, “press box” means a space reserved for reporters, press, or other media at a stadium.
• § 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, prior to the adoption of the building sta
• § 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 commerce, consumer groups, building and
• § 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 standards has made the finding of emergency requ
• § 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 in any other title of the California Code
• § 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 longer published, the building standards ado
• § 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 submitted, shall apply to the plans and spec
• § 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 issuance, unless the permittee has abandoned the
• § 1894 — Implementation of this division is contingent upon an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act for the express purposes of this division.
• § 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 state agencies in the California Code 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, agencies that propose green building stan
• § 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 consistent with the recycled water use cri
• § 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 Standards Code that uses recycled water, gra
• § 18941 — All building standards shall be administered and enforced and, whenever practicable, written on a performance basis consistent with state and nationally recognized standards for building construction
• § 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 Regulations) adopted after January 1, 2014, adopt
• § 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 and the Department of Housing and Communit
• § 18941.12 — (a) Notwithstanding any subsequent updates to building standards approved by the commission pursuant to this chapter, an individual submitting a proposed development plan for a residential development
• § 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 develop and submit for approval clarific
• § 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 workshop or other collaborative process on
• § 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 city, county, or city and county pursuant
• § 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 potentially hazardous buildings pursuant to sub
• § 18941.7 — Subject to Section 14877.
• § 18941.8 — (a) As used in this section, “graywater” has the same meaning as defined in Section 17922.
• § 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 Transportation pursuant to subdivision (b) of S
• § 18942 — (a) (1) The commission shall publish, or cause to be published, editions of the code in its entirety once every three years.
• § 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 18909, which has not been approved by the comm
• § 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 after January 1, 1985.
• § 18944 — State agencies shall adopt regulations for publication in the titles of the California Code of Regulations containing other regulations of the agency to identify, by reference, the appropriate section
• § 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 would govern the use of nonwater-supplied
• § 18944.18 — (a) The California Building Standards Commission, in conjunction with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, shall repeal Section 1226.
• § 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 or after January 1, 2023: (1) The Departme
• § 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 codified and published in the California Bui
• § 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.
• § 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 straw as a loadbearing or nonloadbearing mat
• § 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, Division 3 of the Business and Professions
• § 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 wire.
• § 18944.35 — (a) Bales shall be rectangular in shape.
• § 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 with the same wall-finishing system.
• § 18944.41 — Sections 18944.
• § 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 binds private parties or entities.
• § 18944.7 — The alternative building regulations and building standards authorized under the State Historical Building Code (Part 2.
• § 18945 — (a) Any person adversely affected by any regulation, rules, omission, interpretation, decision, or practice of any state agency respecting the administration of any building standard may appeal the is
• § 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 refer the appealing parties to an advisory
• § 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 Health of the Department of Industrial R
• § 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 the public upon request.
• § 18949 — The commission shall establish a schedule of fees for appeals in an amount sufficient to pay its costs of administration and hearing appeals.
• § 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.
• § 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 the purpose of inspecting construction 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 purpose of performing construction plan review
• § 18949.27 — For purposes of this chapter, “building official” means the individual invested with the responsibility for overseeing local code enforcement activities, including administration of the building depar
• § 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), or previously certified, shall complete on
• § 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 period, with at least eight hours regarding d
• § 18949.3 — Any responsibilities of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to adopt regulations relating to building standards, including, but not limited to, responsibilities specified in Divisi
• § 18949.30 — This chapter does not apply to a registered professional engineer, licensed land surveyor, or licensed architect rendering construction inspection services, plan examination services, or building offi
• § 18949.31 — The local agency shall bear the costs of certification, certification renewal, and continuing education, as mandated by this chapter.
• § 18949.4 — The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall submit building standards to the commission for review and approval pursuant to Section 18930 in accordance with the time sched
• § 18949.5 — Any responsibilities of the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations relating to buildings standards are hereby transferred to the commission.
• § 18949.6 — (a) The commission shall adopt regulations setting forth the procedure for the adoption of building standards and administrative regulations that apply directly to the implementation or enforcement of
• § 18949.7 — Any responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health to adopt regulations relating to building standards are hereby transferred to the commission, except that the commission shall not adopt a
• § 18950 — This part shall be known and may be cited as the “State Historical Building Code.
• § 18951 — It is the purpose of this part to provide alternative regulations and standards for the rehabilitation, preservation, restoration (including related reconstruction), or relocation of qualified histori
• § 18952 — This part shall apply to all qualified historical buildings or structures as defined in Section 18955.
• § 18953 — It is the intent of this part to provide means for the preservation of the historical value of qualified historical buildings or structures and, concurrently, to provide reasonable safety from fire, s
• § 18954 — Repairs, alterations, and additions necessary for the preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, moving, or continued use of a qualified historical building or structure may be made if they conform to
• § 18955 — For the purposes of this part, a qualified historical building or structure is any structure or property, collection of structures, and their related sites deemed of importance to the history, archite
• § 18956 — The application of the provisions of Part 5.
• § 18957 — Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent authorized building or fire officials from the performance of their duties when in the process of protecting the public health, safety, and welfare.
• § 18958 — Except as provided in Section 18930, the following state agencies, in addition to the State Historical Building Safety Board, shall have the authority to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the St
• § 18959 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in Part 2.
• § 18959.5 — Subject to the applicable provisions of Part 2.
• § 18960 — (a) A State Historical Building Safety Board is hereby established as a unit within the Division of the State Architect.
• § 18961 — All state agencies that enforce and administer approvals, variances, or appeals procedures or decisions affecting the preservation or safety of the historical aspects of qualified historical buildings
• § 18962 — (a) For a development project in which a designated historical resource is being converted or adapted, a local agency shall provide the following reductions in required parking, unless otherwise requi
• § 19 — “Person” means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company.
• § 19000 — Any provision in this part which is inconsistent with any provision in the State Housing Law, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, is inapplicable to buildings subject to that law.
• § 19100 — This chapter does not apply to any of the following buildings: (a) Any building not intended primarily for occupancy by human beings and located entirely outside the limits of a city or city and count
• § 19101 — Any city, city and county, or county may establish by ordinance construction standards higher than those established by this chapter.
• § 19120 — The building department of every city and city and county shall enforce this chapter within the city or city and county.
• § 19121 — The department, officer, or officers of a county who are charged with the enforcement of ordinances or laws regulating the erection, construction, or alteration of buildings shall enforce this chapter
• § 19122 — Any city or county may, by ordinance, designate any department or officer, other than a department or officer mentioned in this chapter, to enforce all or any part of this chapter.
• § 19123 — In any city where there is no department or officer charged with or designated for the enforcement of this chapter, the appropriate department, officer, or officers of the county in which such city is
• § 19124 — The Division of Codes and Standards of the Department of Housing and Community Development may enforce any provision of this chapter or any building standards published in the State Building Standards
• § 19130 — No person shall construct a building subject to this chapter unless he has obtained a written permit for that purpose from the appropriate enforcement agency.
• § 19131 — Any person desiring a permit shall file an application therefor with the appropriate enforcement agency, which application shall contain: (a) The name and address of the applicant.
• § 19132 — The applicant shall file with his application: (a) A complete set of the plans of the work proposed.
• § 19132.3 — The governing body of any county or city, including a charter city, may adopt an ordinance prescribing fees for filing applications pursuant to this chapter, but the fees shall not exceed the amount r
• § 19132.5 — Where work for which a permit is required by this chapter is started or proceeded with prior to the obtaining of such permit, the fees prescribed in Section 19132.
• § 19132.7 — The enforcement agency shall determine the cost of the work to be done for which the applicant desires a permit, and shall be guided by approved estimating practices.
• § 19132.9 — The United States, the State of California, school or other districts, counties and cities shall not be required to pay a fee for filing an application for a building permit pursuant to this chapter.
• § 19133 — The enforcement agency shall examine the application, plans, and specifications filed with it by an applicant, and if it appears that the work to be done will not result in a violation of this chapter
• § 19134 — The enforcement agency may approve changes in any application, plans, or specifications previously approved by it.
• § 19135 — The enforcement agency may revoke any permit if the permittee refuses, fails, or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter, or if it finds that any false statement or misrepresentation was
• § 19136 — The work authorized by a permit shall be performed only in accordance with the application, plans, and specifications filed by the permittee.
• § 19137 — The issuance of a permit does not constitute approval of any violation of any provision of this chapter.
• § 19138 — In any case where a building subject to this chapter is also subject to any permit provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provision of the State Housing Law, it shall not
• § 19150 — Every building or structure and every portion thereof shall be designed and constructed to resist stresses produced by lateral forces as provided in the State Building Standards Code.
• § 19160 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Because of the generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future, increased efforts to r
• § 19161 — (a) Each city, city and county, or county, may assess the earthquake hazard in its jurisdiction and identify buildings subject to its jurisdiction as being potentially hazardous to life in the event o
• § 19162 — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 19100 or 19150 or any other provision of law, the governing body of any city, city and county, or county may, by ordinance, establish building seismic ret
• § 19163 — Any local ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 19162 shall require the following: (a) Any seismic retrofit of any building identified pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 19161 as
• § 19163.5 — Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7 of Division 107, an ordinance adopted by a city, city and county, or county pursuant to Section 19163, may establis
• § 19164 — Any city, city and county, or county may assign allowable working stresses to existing materials based on substantiating research data or engineering judgment.
• § 19165 — Any city, city and county, or county adopting an ordinance establishing building seismic retrofit standards for seismically hazardous buildings shall file for informational purposes with the Departmen
• § 19166 — Any building identified as being a seismic hazard to life and retrofitted in compliance with building seismic retrofit standards adopted pursuant to this article and properly maintained, shall not, wi
• § 19167 — No city, city and county, or county, nor any employee of any such entity, shall be liable for damages for injury to persons or property, resulting from an earthquake or otherwise, on the basis of any
• § 19168 — Nothing in this article shall apply to those buildings and structures governed by the provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 12.
• § 19170 — Any person who violates, or causes or permits another person to violate, any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 19180 — The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) It is generally accepted that various areas of the state will experience moderate and severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future.
• § 19181 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of any city, county, or city and county may enact an ordinance requiring the installation of earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices in
• § 19182 — (a) The State Architect shall adopt standards governing earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices for installation in buildings.
• § 19183 — Manufacturers of earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices or other devices required by an ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 19182 shall first obtain certification, pursuant to Article 7 (commencin
• § 19200 — The Legislature finds and declares that existing law does not require that any new seismic gas shutoff valve sold by any person in this state shall, prior to sale, be certified by the State Architect.
• § 19201 — As used in this article: (a) “Seismic gas shutoff device” means a seismic gas shutoff device installed on customer-owned gas piping certified by the State Architect pursuant to Section 19202.
• § 19201.5 — The State Architect shall establish a certification procedure for earthquake sensitive gas shutoff devices and shall establish a fee for the certification.
• § 19202 — The State Architect shall certify seismic gas shutoff devices which, as determined by the State Architect, comply with Chapter 12-23 (commencing with Section 12-23-101) of Part 12 of Title 24 of the C
• § 19203 — Any new seismic gas shutoff device sold by any person in this state shall, prior to sale, be certified by the State Architect.
• § 19204 — This article is limited to the service connections of individual structures to main gas lines and to connections of appliances to gas lines and does not apply to devices within gas lines.
• § 19210 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists a serious threat of fire, explosion, or electrocution to the people of California from water heaters that overturn or experience damage to the
• § 19211 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 19100, all new and replacement water heaters, and all existing residential water heaters, shall be braced, anchored, or strapped to resist falling or horizontal displacemen
• § 19212 — All water heaters manufactured for sale in California on or after July 1, 1991, shall include a statement in the installation instructions that water heater units must be braced, anchored, or strapped
• § 19213 — Manufacturers shall add language to their instruction label on the front of the water heater that discloses the danger of falling or horizontal displacement due to an earthquake.
• § 19214 — Any person who violates Section 19212 or 19213 shall be deemed to have violated a provision of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 17000) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.
• § 19215 — The Division of the State Architect shall prepare generic installation instructions with standard details illustrating the strapping, bracing, and anchoring of water heaters for typical installations
• § 19216 — At the point of sale, the retailer may provide the consumer with generic installation instructions with standard details approved by the Division of the State Architect.
• § 19217 — The Public Utilities Commission shall direct the investor owned gas and electrical utilities, not later than January 1, 1991, to develop an educational program for bracing, anchoring, and strapping wa
• § 19300 — (a) This chapter applies to all of the following structures, as defined in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 301.
• § 19305 — (a) For purposes of this section, “trauma kit” means a first aid response kit that contains at least all of the following: (1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
• § 19307 — In order to ensure public safety, a person or entity that supplies a trauma kit shall provide the person or entity that acquires the trauma kit with all information governing the use and maintenance o
• § 19310 — (a) This chapter applies to all of the following structures, as defined in Chapter 3 of the California Building Code (Part 2 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), that are constructed on
• § 19800 — Refrigeration manufacturers shall hereafter on each mechanical refrigerator and refrigeration plant which they manufacture and installation companies shall on each refrigeration plant which they insta
• § 19810 — (a) “Article” as used in this chapter means and includes any article of wearing apparel, cloth, drapery or other fabric or material made from or containing any natural or synthetic fiber.
• § 19811 — The Fire Marshal of the State of California or any Deputy State Fire Marshal has right of access to the premises of any vendor during business hours for the purpose of determining whether inflammable
• § 19812 — Any article or samples taken under the provisions of Section 19811 hereof shall be subjected to tests by the Fire Marshal and determination made by him as to whether or not the article or samples are
• § 19813 — The State Fire Marshal may make such rules and regulations relating to inflammable articles as defined in Section 19810 as may reasonably be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act and preven
• § 19814 — Any inflammable article in the possession of any vendor in violation of the rules or regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall be subject to seizure by the State Fire Marshal or any Deputy State Fir
• § 19815 — Any vendor whose property is seized under the provisions of Section 19814 may within 10 days after such seizure petition the State Fire Marshal to return the property seized upon the ground that such
• § 19816 — Any vendor who knowingly and wilfully violates any rule or regulation of the Fire Marshal relating to inflammable articles shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 19817 — No person may manufacture, sell, or exchange, possess with intent to sell or exchange, or expose or offer for sale or exchange any eyeglass or sunglass frame made of cellulose nitrate or any other mat
• § 19818 — The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare and adopt such flammability standards and promulgate such regulations, relating to the use of fabric and fabr
• § 19820 — (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, new children’s sleepwear to and including size 14 which does not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear to and including size 6X, and
• § 19821 — The Legislature finds and declares that results from recent research and testing by the federal government indicate the chemical tris (2, 3-dibromopropyl) phosphate, hereafter referred to as “Tris,” w
• § 19825 — (a) Every city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered, that requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, demolition,
• § 19826 — (a) No city or county, whether general law or chartered, shall issue a building permit which does not contain all applicable declarations required by Section 19825 properly executed by the owner, appl
• § 19826.5 — A city or county may require that the agency of such city or county issuing a building permit inform the assessor of the county of issuance of the final inspection of a property for which a permit has
• § 19827 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is an urgent and statewide public interest in assuring that building contractors comply with the Contractors License Law (Chapter 9 (commencing
• § 19827.5 — A demolition permit shall not be issued by any city, county, city and county, or state or local agency which is authorized to issue demolition permits as to any building or other structure except upon
• § 19828 — Any city, county, or city and county, which requires the issuance of a permit as a condition precedent to the construction alteration, improvement, demolition, or repair of any building or structure m
• § 19829 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 35441 of the Government Code, if an application for a building permit is filed with a county prior to the vote on the incorporation of a new city, and a building permit is
• § 19835 — Whenever a local ordinance authorizes or requires the furnishing of security in connection with the performance of any act or agreement required as a condition for the issuance of a building permit, t
• § 19836 — Security given for faithful performance of an act or agreement pursuant to Section 19835 shall be released immediately upon the performance of the act or final completion and acceptance of the require
• § 19837 — (a) The governing body of a local agency may authorize its enforcement agency to contract with or employ a private entity or persons on a temporary basis to perform plan-checking functions.
• § 19850 — The building department of every city or county shall maintain an official copy, which may be on microfilm or other type of photographic copy, of the plans of every building, during the life of the bu
• § 19851 — (a) The official copy of the plans maintained by the building department of the city or county provided for under Section 19850 shall be open for inspection only on the premises of the building depart
• § 19852 — The governing body of a county or city, including a charter city, may prescribe such fees as will pay the expenses incurred by the building department of such city or county in maintaining the officia
• § 19853 — This chapter shall not apply to any building containing a bank, other financial institution, or public utility.
• § 19870 — (a) As a result of construction inspection, an enforcement agency shall not impose a new or modified building standard different from those specified in the plans and specifications approved during pl
• § 19872 — (a) An enforcement agency may require as a condition of receiving a building permit, that a permittee participate in a preconstruction conference prior to completion of plan checking of the permittee’
• § 19881 — (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, any new or used unvented heater that is designed to be used inside any dwelling house or unit, with the exception of an electric heater, or decorative gas
• § 19882 — Any violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor.
• § 19890 — (a) On or after January 1, 1991, no person, corporation, or entity shall manufacture for sale in this state, purchase, sell or offer for sale at retail or wholesale, or install in this state, a reside