California Health and Safety Code

§ 17958.12

HSC § 17958.12 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 13 · Part 1.5 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:

(1)Building officials, pursuant to this code and the California Building Standards Code, have broad authority as part of their enforcement authority to render interpretations of the code and to adopt policies and procedures to clarify the application of its provisions.

(2)A building official has the discretion to apply the building standards that were in effect at the time a residential unit was constructed. This is permissible under the authority to grant modifications on a case-by-case basis and the authority of a building department to approve a material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method if it finds that the design is satisfactory and equivalent to the building standards code. Several jurisdictions were not aware of this existing authority.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 1010, Sec. 1. (SB 1226) Effective January 1, 2019.