Public Postsecondary Buildings - - CA Health And Safety

Section § 16600

This law requires the development and adoption of guidelines and standards for retrofitting state buildings, including those owned by the University of California and California State University, to make them safer during earthquakes. The guidelines must address both structural and nonstructural elements that could pose life-threatening risks, such as parapets and hanging objects. Buildings must also be strengthened to reduce the danger of ground shaking and facilitate occupants' safe egress during an earthquake. The guidelines should also preserve historical buildings and align with existing state codes. Final standards must be ready by July 1996, and these standards should not be more stringent for university buildings than for other state buildings. Finally, these standards should be reviewed for adoption into future model codes.

(a) The State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission, in consultation with, and with the concurrence of, the University of California, the California State University, the Structural Engineers Association of California, and the Seismic Safety Commission, shall develop and adopt building seismic retrofit guidelines for state buildings, including those owned by the University of California and by the California State University, by January 1, 1993.

(b) Building seismic retrofit guidelines shall include provisions for the abatement of falling hazards that are structural or nonstructural components of buildings and that pose serious threats to life, including, but not limited to, parapets, appendages, cornices, hanging objects, and building cladding.

(c) Building seismic retrofit guidelines shall include provisions for the strengthening of structures of buildings, or the means necessary to reduce the response of a building to ground shaking during an earthquake, so as to significantly reduce the hazards to life, while concomitantly providing for safe egress of occupants during and immediately after an earthquake.

(d) Building seismic retrofit guidelines shall be consistent with the state Historical Building Code (Part 2.7 (commencing with Section 18950), Division 13) and shall include provisions for the preservation of historical buildings.

(e) Building seismic retrofit guidelines shall incorporate building seismic retrofit standards developed pursuant to Sections 8875.5 and 8879.5 of the Government Code.

(f) The State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission, in cooperation with the University of California, the California State University, the Structural Engineers Association of California, and the Seismic Safety Commission, shall develop and adopt seismic retrofit building standards for state buildings, including those owned by the University of California and by the California State University by July 1, 1996. The standards for state buildings owned by the University of California and the California State University shall not be more stringent than the standards for other state buildings.

(g) The State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission, in cooperation with the Structural Engineers Association of California, shall submit the regulations, findings, and data developed according to this chapter to model code writing agencies and organizations for review and development into code format for consideration and adoption into future model codes, as defined in Section 18916, by August 1, 1997.

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(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1511, Sec. 1.)

Section § 16601

The State Building Standards Commission is required to review and approve guidelines made by the State Architect for state buildings. They initially needed to complete this by January 1, 1994, ensuring these guidelines applied to all state-owned buildings, including those at the University of California and California State University.

Additionally, the Commission must approve seismic retrofit standards by July 1, 1997, to ensure they also apply to all state-owned buildings, including university properties. This involves making administrative changes to enforce the guidelines and standards.

(a) The State Building Standards Commission shall review and approve the guidelines adopted by the State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission pursuant to Section 16600 by January 1, 1994, and take administrative actions to make the guidelines applicable to all state buildings, including those owned by the University of California or the California State University.

(b) The State Building Standards Commission shall review and approve the seismic retrofit building standards as developed by the State Architect and the State Building Standards Commission pursuant to Section 16600 by July 1, 1997, and take administrative actions to make the standards applicable to all state buildings, including those owned by the University of California or the California State University.

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(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1511, Sec. 1.)

Section § 16603

This law states that the rules in this specific chapter do not automatically apply to the University of California. They only become applicable if the Regents, who govern the university, decide to adopt them through a formal decision or resolution.

No provision of this chapter shall apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.

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(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1511, Sec. 1.)

Section § 16604

This section explains how the California Legislature intends to allocate $30,000 for a specific initiative. Half of the funds, $15,000, will come from the June 1990 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund. This fund is aimed at supporting projects related to higher education. The other half, $15,000, will be sourced from the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990, which is focused on making buildings safer against earthquakes and rehabilitating public structures.

It is the intent of the Legislature that funds to carry out the provisions of this chapter in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) be provided as follows:

(a) The sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) from the June 1990 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund pursuant to Chapter 14.4 (commencing with Section 67345) of Part 40 of the Education Code, known as the Higher Education Bond Act of June 1990.

(b) The sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) from the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990 pursuant to Chapter 12.47 (commencing with Section 8878.50) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, known as the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Bond Act of 1990.

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(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1511, Sec. 1.)