California Health and Safety Code

§ 16100

HSC § 16100Div. 12.5 · Ch. 3

Statute text

As used in this chapter:

(a)“Earthquake hazard mitigation technologies” includes, but is not limited to, seismic isolation, energy dissipation, ductility, damping systems, and other technologies which endeavor to reasonably protect buildings and nonstructural components, building contents, and functional capability from earthquake damage. Earthquake hazard mitigation technologies do not include those technologies with detailed code provisions in the 1988 edition of the model codes as defined in Section 18916.

(b)“Life cycle cost” includes, but is not limited to, the present value of the cost of initial construction, earthquake insurance premiums, operating and maintenance costs, physical earthquake damage cost to the facility, and related earthquake disruption costs including, but not limited to, loss of production or loss of business anticipated over the projected useful life of the building.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 988, Sec. 1.