California Senate Bill SB583 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 583INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Hollingsworth FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 17962 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to fire protection services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 583, as introduced, Hollingsworth. Fire protection services. Existing law requires the chief of a city or county fire department or district providing fire protection services to enforce, in his or her respective areas, state requirements for buildings used for human habitation and building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety, and other rules and regulations pertaining to fire prevention, fire protection, the control of the spread of fire, and safety from fire or panic. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes 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. Section 17962 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 17962. The chief of  any   a  city or  any   a  county fire department or district providing fire protection services, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce  ,  in their respective areas  ,  all those provisions of this part, the building standards published in the State Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety, and those rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this part pertaining to fire prevention, fire protection, the control of the spread of fire, and safety from fire or panic.