For purposes of this article, “fossil fuel” has the same meaning as defined in Section 13262 of the Health and Safety Code.
Article 7Carbon Monoxide Devices
Section § 32080
This section refers to the term "fossil fuel" and clarifies that it should be understood as it's defined in another part of the law, specifically Section 13262 of the Health and Safety Code.
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Section § 32081
This section of the law requires that by July 1, 2015, the State Fire Marshal must propose rules for installing carbon monoxide detectors in certain school buildings to the California Building Standards Commission. These rules apply to public and private schools that are constructed according to the 2016 California Building Standards Code and have a fossil fuel-burning furnace. For school buildings that were built before these standards and have such a furnace, it is encouraged (but not required) to install carbon monoxide detectors.
(a)CA Education Code § 32081(a) By July 1, 2015, the State Fire Marshal shall propose for adoption by the California Building Standards Commission, for the commission’s next triennial code adoption cycle, appropriate standards for the installation of carbon monoxide devices in school buildings. The proposed building standards shall require carbon monoxide devices to be installed in public and private school buildings that meet all of the following criteria:
(1)CA Education Code § 32081(a)(1) The school
building is constructed pursuant to the 2016 California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), or any amendments to the California Building Standards Code which follow.
(2)CA Education Code § 32081(a)(2) The school building is used for educational purposes for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(3)CA Education Code § 32081(a)(3) A fossil fuel burning furnace is located inside the school building.
(b)CA Education Code § 32081(b) A private or public school that uses a school building for educational purposes for kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that
was built before the adoption of the 2016 California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations), and has a fossil fuel burning furnace located inside the school
building is encouraged to have a carbon monoxide device installed in the building.
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