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SENATE BILL 445 (ALQUIST – 1979)
CHAPTER 510, STATUTES OF 1979, SB 445
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Sections in the Health and Safety Code related to building standards and seismic safety were affected in 1979 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 445. (See Exhibit #1e) This bill was introduced on February 26, 1979 by Senator Alfred Alquist at the request of the Seismic Safety Commission. (See Exhibits #1a and #12, document PE-2) Senator Alquist may have been asked to carry this bill because at this time he served as chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Public Utilities. (See Exhibit #12, document PE-13)
Senate Bill 445 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization and the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibits #3 and #8) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Senate Committee on Finance and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. (See Exhibits #2 and #9) Three amendments were made to Senate Bill 445. (See Exhibits #1b through #1d and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., signed Senate Bill 445 on September 7th, 1979, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that day as Chapter 510 of the Statutes of 1979. (See Exhibit #1e)
An Enrolled Bill Memorandum to the Governor that was prepared by the Legislative Secretary on Senate Bill 445 as last amended described this bill as follows:
This bill authorizes local government to adopt special building standards for the reconstruction of any building (primarily old buildings constructed with unreinforced masonry) determined to be a hazard to life in the event of an earthquake.
(See Exhibit #12, document PE-2)