Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, in carrying out Section 13143, prepare, adopt, and submit building standards and other fire and life safety regulations for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 establishing minimum requirement…

The State Fire Marshal shall prepare in book or bulletin form excerpts of the laws, rules, and regulations dealing with fire and panic safety and may make single copies of such laws, rules, and regulations available, without cost, to California fire officials and to owners and ma…

(a) Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18933, the State Fire Marshal shall biennially prepare and publish listings of construction materials and equipment and methods of construction and of installation of equipment, together with the name of any person, firm, corporation, …

Any person, firm, corporation, association, or similar organization desiring listing pursuant to Section 13144.1 shall, prior to placement on any list or revision thereto, make an original or annual renewal application to the State Fire Marshal on forms provided by the State Fire…

The annual and renewal listing established by Section 13144.2 shall be for the fiscal year period from July 1 to June 30 or for the remaining portion thereof. All moneys collected from original and annual renewal fees pursuant to Section 13144.2 shall be deposited in the State Fi…

The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations to implement, interpret, make specific or otherwise carry out the provisions of Sections 13144.1, 13144. 2, and 13144.3. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1955.)

The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and conduct voluntary regular training sessions devoted to the interpretation and application of the laws and rules and regulations in Title 19 and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations relating to fire and panic safety. The training …

The State Fire Marshal, the chief of any city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services, or a Designated Campus Fire Marshal, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce in their respective areas building standards relating…

(a) The responsibility for enforcement of building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and published in the California Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall be as follows: (1) The city, county, or c…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13146, the State Fire Marshal, or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative, shall inspect every jail or place of detention for persons charged with or convicted of a crime, unless the chief of any city, county, or city and county fire departm…

(a) Every city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services required by Sections 13145 and 13146 to enforce building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall, annually, inspect …

(a) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services shall inspect every building used as a public or private school within its jurisdiction, for the purpose of enforcing regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 13143, not less …

(a) Every city or county fire department, city and county fire department, or district required to perform an annual inspection pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 shall report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3. (b) T…

The provisions of Sections 13145, 13146 and 13146.3 shall, so far as practicable, be carried out at the local level by persons who are regular full-time members of a regularly organized fire department of a city, county, or district providing fire protection services, and shall n…

If the governing body of a city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services relies on an all-volunteer fire department for the provision of fire protection services pursuant to Sections 13145, 13146, 13146.2, and 13146.3, they may do…

The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 shall require that the new construction of any school building for which review and approval is required under subdivision (a) of Section 39140 of the Education Code include the placement of fire hydrants and wa…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this part. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)

“Adopting agency” means a state agency responsible for the adoption of building standards. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“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 authority and responsibility to take proposed building standards to public hearing. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. …

“Approval” means, with respect to the procedure for promulgation of a building standard, the action of approval by the California Building Standards Commission. Until there is approval of the standard by the commission, it shall be a proposed building standard or regulation. (Ame…

(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 building of any kind or any piece of work artificially built or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner, e…

(a) “Building standard” means any rule, regulation, order, or other requirement, including any amendment or repeal of that requirement, that specifically regulates, requires, or forbids the method of use, properties, performance, or types of materials used in the construction, al…

“Code” means the California Building Standards Code, including the triennial editions and supplements. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“Codification” or “codify” means to arrange building standards in the publication format of the code as determined by the commission. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“Commission” means the California Building Standards Commission. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“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 11346.1 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1124, Sec. 33. Effective September 30, 2002.)

“Executive director” means the Executive Director of the California Building Standards Commission. (Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“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 statewide jurisdiction. Local agency includes any entity of regional jurisdicti…

“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 of the International Code Council. (b) The Uniform Plumbing Code of the Internati…

“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. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)

“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. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 897, Sec. 10.5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“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 of building standards. (Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1194, Sec. 8.)

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Government Operations. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 344. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)

“State agency” means a state agency as defined in Section 11000 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1053, Sec. 10.)

“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. “Regulation” includes building standards. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)

A new district may be formed pursuant to this article. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)

(a) A proposal to form a new district may be made by petition. The petition shall do all of the things required by Section 56700 of the Government Code. In addition, the petition shall: (1) Set forth the methods by which the district will be financed, including, but not limited t…

(a) Before circulating any petition, the proponents shall publish a notice of intention that includes a written statement not to exceed 500 words in length, setting forth the reasons for forming the district and the methods by which the district will be financed. The notice shall…

(a) A proposal to form a new district may also be made by the adoption of a resolution of application by the legislative body of any county or city that contains the territory proposed to be included in the district. Except for the provisions regarding the signers, signatures, an…

(a) Once the proponents have filed a sufficient petition or a legislative body has filed a resolution of application, the local agency formation commission shall proceed pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 56650) of Division 3 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (b) If the…

“Redevelopment” means the planning, development, replanning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, or any combination of these, of all or part of a survey area, and the provision of those residential, commercial, industrial, public, or other structures or spaces…

In addition to Section 33020, “redevelopment” also means payments to school districts in the fiscal years specified in Sections 33690 and 33690.5. (Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 21, Sec. 2. (AB 26 4x) Effective October 23, 2009.)

Redevelopment includes: (a) The alteration, improvement, modernization, reconstruction, or rehabilitation, or any combination of these, of existing structures in a project area. (b) Provision for open-space types of use, such as streets and other public grounds and space around b…

In a city and county, redevelopment includes improving, increasing, or preserving emergency shelters for homeless persons or households. These shelters may be located within or outside of established redevelopment project areas. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only re…

Redevelopment does not exclude the continuance of existing buildings or uses whose demolition and rebuilding or change of use are not deemed essential to the redevelopment and rehabilitation of the area. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1812.)

In each county and city there is a public body corporate and politic known as the housing authority of the county or city. The authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers unless, by resolution, the governing body of the county or city declares that there is n…