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SENATE BILL 144 (ALQUIST – 1974)
CHAPTER 13, STATUTES OF 1974
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Chapter 11.5, entitled, “Energy Efficiency of Nonresidential Buildings,” was added in 1974 to Part 3 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code with the passage of Senate Bill 144. (See Exhibit A, #1f) Assembly member Alfred Alquist introduced Senate Bill 144 on January 31, 1973. (See Exhibit A, #1a)
Senate Bill 144 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Local Government and the Assembly Committee on Planning and Land Use where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit A, #3 and #6) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Senate Committee on Finance and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. (See Exhibit A, #2) Four amendments were made to Senate Bill 144. (See Exhibit A, #1b through #1e and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Ronald Reagan signed Senate Bill 144 on February 7, 1974 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that day as Chapter 13 of the Statutes of 1974. (See Exhibit A, #1f)
The 1974 Summary Digest of Statutes Enacted and Resolutions summarized Senate Bill 144, stating, in part:
Require the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop, and the Commission of Housing and Community Development to adopt by July 1, 1975, energy conservation standards for new nonresidential buildings, as defined. States what such standards shall include but not limited to.
Requires the department to produce, no later than 180 days after adoption of the standards, an energy conservation manual for use by designers, builders, and contractors of nonresidential buildings containing the energy conservation standards developed by this department and other specified information…
Requires a special advisory committee to assist the commission in the adoption of the standards and the department in the production of the manual….
Makes local building departments responsible for enforcement of this act. Prohibits issuance of a building permit for any nonresidential building until a review of the plans shows the standards adopted pursuant to this act are satisfied.
Permits a local government to prescribe fees sufficient to pay the costs incurred in the enforcement of this act and the required standards…
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Provides that if AB 1575 is enacted and established the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, on its effective date the functions specified in this act shall be transferred to such commission.
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(See Exhibit A, #7, page 5)