California Code
DIVISION 13 - HOUSING
PART 2.5 - STATE BUILDING STANDARDS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

ARTICLE 1 - Title

Section 18901. - 18901. (a) This part shall be known and may be...

Section 18902. - 18902. All references to the State Building Standards Code, Title...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 18905. - 18905. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in...

Section 18905.5. - 18905.5. “Adopting agency” means a state agency responsible for the...

Section 18906. - 18906. “Adoption” or “adopt” means, with respect to the procedure...

Section 18907. - 18907. “Approval” means, with respect to the procedure for promulgation...

Section 18908. - 18908. (a) “Building” means any structure used for support or...

Section 18909. - 18909. (a) “Building standard” means any rule, regulation, order, or...

Section 18910. - 18910. “Code” means the California Building Standards Code, including the...

Section 18911. - 18911. “Codification” or “codify” means to arrange building standards in...

Section 18912. - 18912. “Commission” means the California Building Standards Commission. (Amended by...

Section 18913. - 18913. “Emergency standard” means a building standard or an order...

Section 18914. - 18914. “Executive director” means the Executive Director of the California...

Section 18915. - 18915. “Local agency” means a city, county, and city and...

Section 18916. - 18916. “Model code” means any building code drafted by private...

Section 18917. - 18917. “Occupancy” means the purpose for which a building, structure,...

Section 18917.2. - 18917.2. “Propose” refers, with respect to the procedure for promulgation...

Section 18917.3. - 18917.3. “Publication” or “publish” means to print and make available...

Section 18917.5. - 18917.5. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Government Operations. (Amended by...

Section 18918. - 18918. “State agency” means a state agency as defined in...

Section 18919. - 18919. “Regulation” means any rule, regulation, ordinance, or order promulgated...

CHAPTER 2 - Organization

ARTICLE 1 - The California Building Standards Commission

Section 18920. - 18920. There is continued in existence in the Government Operations...

Section 18921. - 18921. (a) The appointed members of the commission shall be...

Section 18922. - 18922. The Secretary of Government Operations or the secretary’s representative...

Section 18923. - 18923. (a) The term of office of members of the...

Section 18924. - 18924. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation....

ARTICLE 2 - The Executive Director of the State Building Standards Commission

Section 18925. - 18925. The commission shall appoint an Executive Director of the...

ARTICLE 3 - The Coordinating Council and Advisory Panels

Section 18926. - 18926. (a) There is, in the office of the executive...

Section 18927. - 18927. The commission may appoint from the design professions, the...

Section 18928. - 18928. (a) Each state agency adopting or proposing adoption of...

Section 18928.1. - 18928.1. Building standards adopted or approved by the commission shall...

Section 18929. - 18929. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), administrative...

Section 18929.1. - 18929.1. (a) The commission shall receive proposed building standards from...

CHAPTER 3 - Powers of the Commission

Section 18930. - 18930. (a) Any building standard adopted or proposed by state...

Section 18930.5. - 18930.5. (a) If no state agency has the authority or...

Section 18931. - 18931. The commission shall perform the following: (a) In accordance...

Section 18931.5. - 18931.5. (a) Each state agency that adopts or proposes building...

Section 18931.6. - 18931.6. (a) Each city, county, or city and county shall...

Section 18931.7. - 18931.7. (a) All funds received by the commission under this...

Section 18931.8. - 18931.8. The commission shall have the powers and authority necessary...

Section 18932. - 18932. (a) The code shall indicate the agency having responsibility...

Section 18933. - 18933. (a) The commission may give affected state agencies reasonable...

Section 18934. - 18934. State agencies proposing to adopt building standards shall adopt,...

Section 18934.5. - 18934.5. Where no state agency has the authority to adopt...

Section 18934.7. - 18934.7. The commission shall adopt, approve, codify, and publish by...

Section 18934.8. - 18934.8. (a) Pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission may adopt...

Section 18934.9. - 18934.9. (a) For purposes of this section, “press box” means...

CHAPTER 4 - The California Building Standards Code

Section 18935. - 18935. (a) Notice of proposed building standards shall be given...

Section 18936. - 18936. The commission shall mail notices of meetings with respect...

Section 18937. - 18937. (a) Emergency standards shall be acted on by the...

Section 18938. - 18938. (a) Building standards shall be filed with the Secretary...

Section 18938.3. - 18938.3. With respect to the model codes that are designated...

Section 18938.5. - 18938.5. (a) Only those building standards approved by the commission,...

Section 18938.6. - 18938.6. (a) Every permit shall remain valid for purposes of...

Section 18940. - 18940. Codification of building standards approved by the commission shall...

Section 18940.5. - 18940.5. As part of the next triennial update of the...

Section 18940.6. - 18940.6. (a) For purposes of this section, “recycled water” has...

Section 18941. - 18941. All building standards shall be administered and enforced and,...

Section 18941.5. - 18941.5. (a) (1) Amendments, additions, and deletions to the California...

Section 18941.6. - 18941.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, ordinances...

Section 18941.7. - 18941.7. Subject to Section 14877.3 of the Water Code, a...

Section 18941.8. - 18941.8. (a) As used in this section, “graywater” has the...

Section 18941.9. - 18941.9. The commission shall, in the next triennial adoption process...

Section 18941.10. - 18941.10. (a) (1) The commission shall, commencing with the next...

Section 18941.11. - 18941.11. (a) (1) Commencing with the next triennial edition of...

Section 18941.12. - 18941.12. (a) Notwithstanding any subsequent updates to building standards approved...

Section 18941.15. - 18941.15. At the next triennial building standards rulemaking cycle that...

Section 18941.17. - 18941.17. (a) As part of each triennial California Building Standards...

Section 18942. - 18942. (a) The commission shall publish, or cause to be...

Section 18942.1. - 18942.1. (a) If a regulation or order of repeal is...

Section 18943. - 18943. Building standards in individual titles of the California Code...

Section 18944. - 18944. State agencies shall adopt regulations for publication in the...

Section 18944.5. - 18944.5. The code shall be binding on the state and...

Section 18944.7. - 18944.7. The alternative building regulations and building standards authorized under...

Section 18944.11. - 18944.11. On or before July 1, 2009, any state agency...

Section 18944.18. - 18944.18. (a) The California Building Standards Commission, in conjunction with...

Section 18944.19. - 18944.19. (a) Upon the next triennial update of the California...

Section 18944.21. - 18944.21. (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the commission...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Guidelines for Straw-Bale Structures

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 18944.30. - 18944.30. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 18944.31. - 18944.31. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the guidelines...

Section 18944.32. - 18944.32. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as an...

Section 18944.33. - 18944.33. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms...

ARTICLE 2 - Guidelines for Materials

Section 18944.35. - 18944.35. (a) Bales shall be rectangular in shape. (b) Bales...

ARTICLE 3 - Construction Guidelines

Section 18944.40. - 18944.40. (a) Straw-bale walls, when covered with plaster, drywall, or...

Section 18944.41. - 18944.41. Sections 18944.30, 18944.31, 18944.33, 18944.35, and 18944.40 shall become...

CHAPTER 5 - Appeals and Enforcement

Section 18945. - 18945. (a) Any person adversely affected by any regulation, rules,...

Section 18946. - 18946. Except as provided in Section 18947, the commission may...

Section 18947. - 18947. Where the appeal issue results from the enforcement of...

Section 18948. - 18948. The responsibility for the enforcement and administration of building...

Section 18948.1. - 18948.1. (a) Written rules and regulations by a local enforcement...

Section 18949. - 18949. The commission shall establish a schedule of fees for...

CHAPTER 6 - Regulations

Section 18949.1. - 18949.1. Any responsibilities of the State Architect to adopt regulations...

Section 18949.2. - 18949.2. (a) Any responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal to...

Section 18949.3. - 18949.3. Any responsibilities of the Office of Statewide Health Planning...

Section 18949.4. - 18949.4. The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall...

Section 18949.5. - 18949.5. Any responsibilities of the Department of Housing and Community...

Section 18949.6. - 18949.6. (a) The commission shall adopt regulations setting forth the...

Section 18949.7. - 18949.7. Any responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health...

CHAPTER 7 - Construction Inspectors, Plans Examiners, and Building Officials

Section 18949.25. - 18949.25. For purposes of this chapter, “construction inspector” means any...

Section 18949.26. - 18949.26. For purposes of this chapter, “plans examiner” means any...

Section 18949.27. - 18949.27. For purposes of this chapter, “building official” means the...

Section 18949.28. - 18949.28. (a) All construction inspectors, plans examiners and building officials...

Section 18949.29. - 18949.29. (a) All construction inspectors, plans examiners, and building officials...

Section 18949.30. - 18949.30. This chapter does not apply to a registered professional...

Section 18949.31. - 18949.31. The local agency shall bear the costs of certification,...

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California Code DIVISION 13 - HOUSING PART 2.5 - STATE BUILDING STANDARDS

California Code
DIVISION 13 - HOUSING
PART 2.5 - STATE BUILDING STANDARDS