California Assembly Bill AB2270 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2270AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2014 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ting FEBRUARY 21, 2014 An act  to amend Section 18927 of the Health and Safety Code,  relating to housing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2270, as amended, Ting.  Energy and resource efficient housing.   California Building   Standards Commission: advisory panels.   Existing law establishes various programs to promote the development and preservation of energy efficient housing throughout the state.   The California Building Standards Law establishes the California Building Standards Commission and requires the commission to appoint an executive director. The law authorizes the commission to appoint advisory panels from the design professions, the building and construction industry, the affected general public, and interested governmental agencies to advise the commission and its staff.   This   bill would authorize the commission to also appoint individuals from the energy and resource efficiency professions to an advisory panel.  This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would promote the creation of energy and resource efficient homes in California. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . 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 to promote the creation of energy and resource efficient homes in California.  SEC. 2.   Section 18927 of the   Health and Safety Code   is amended to read:  18927. The commission may appoint from the design professions,  the energy and resource efficiency professions,  the building and construction industry, the affected general public, and interested governmental agencies, appropriate advisory panels to advise the commission and its staff with respect to building standards. The persons appointed to the panels shall be specifically knowledgeable and qualified in the type of work embraced by the building standards in question. These persons shall serve without compensation, but may receive actual necessary travel expenses.