BILL NUMBER: AB 2563INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Emmerson FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act relating to construction inspectors. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2563, as introduced, Emmerson. Construction inspectors. Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, requires the Office of Statewide Planning and Development to observe the construction of, or addition to, any hospital building or the reconstruction or alteration of any hospital building, as it deems necessary to comply with the act for the protection of life and property. The act requires a hospital governing board or authority to provide for and require competent and adequate inspection during the construction or alteration by an inspector satisfactory to the architect or structural engineer, or both, and the office. The office is required to develop regulations for the testing and approval of these inspectors. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish minimum qualifications for certification of a professional construction inspector of record pursuant to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would, notwithstanding the requirements of Section 129825 of the Health and Safety Code, establish minimum qualifications for the certification of a professional construction inspector of record.