Bill Text: CA AB1127 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School facilities: automatic fire sprinkler system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1127 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB1127-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1127 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 29, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to amend Sections 17074.50, 17074.52, and 17074.56 of the
Education Code, relating to school facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1127, as amended, Solorio. School facilities: automatic fire
sprinkler system.
Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998,
requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school
districts , prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state
funding for construction and modernization of school facilities,
including hardship funding , and supplemental
funding for site development and acquisition. Existing law requires
all modernization projects that have an estimated total cost in
excess of $200,000 submitted to the Division of the State Architect,
including hardship applications, that require the approval of the
Department of General Services to include an automatic fire detection
and alarm system approved by the State Fire Marshal. The automatic
fire detection and alarm system is required to consist of smoke or
heat detectors, or a combination of smoke and heat detectors,
installed in the school building.
Existing law requires the board to adjust the per-pupil grant
amount as necessary to accommodate 80% of the increased costs due to
the automatic fire detection and alarm system.
This bill would require, on and after July 1, 2010, that
certain modernization projects that have an estimated
cost of more than $500,000 have an automatic fire sprinkler
system installed throughout the school building in accordance with
building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal. The bill
would require the board to adopt regulations to implement this
requirement and would authorize the board to waive the requirement if
the cost of the automatic sprinkler system is greater
than 20% of the replacement cost of the building. The bill
would require the board also to adjust the per-pupil grant amount as
necessary to accommodate 80% of the increased costs due to the
automatic fire sprinkler system.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 17074.50 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
17074.50. (a) On and after July 1, 2002, all new construction
projects submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to
this chapter, including, but not limited to, hardship applications,
that require the approval of the Department of General Services shall
include an automatic fire detection, alarm, and sprinkler system as
set forth in Section 17074.52 and approved by the State Fire
Marshal. These provisions shall entitle the school district to all
applicable reductions in code requirements, as provided in the
California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code
of Regulations). Fire Marshal.
(b) On and after July 1, 2002, all modernization projects that
have an estimated total cost in excess of two hundred thousand
dollars ($200,000) submitted to the Division of the State Architect
pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, hardship
applications, that require the approval of the Department of General
Services shall include an automatic fire detection and alarm system
as set forth in Section 17074.52 and approved by the State Fire
Marshal. For a modernization project that is to be completed in more
than one phase, the school district may defer installation of the
system until the final phase of the modernization project. Solely for
purposes of this section subdivision ,
"modernization" means any modification of a permanent structure or
construction of a new building on an existing campus.
(c) On and after July 1, 2010, all modernization projects that
have an estimated total cost in excess of five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000) submitted to the Division of the State Architect
pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, hardship
applications, that require the approval of the Department of General
Services shall include an automatic fire sprinkler system as set
forth in Section 17074.52 and approved by the State Fire Marshal. For
a modernization project that is to be completed in more than one
phase, the school district may defer installation of the system until
the final phase of the modernization project. Solely for purposes of
this section, "modernization" means any modification of a permanent
structure or construction of a new building on an existing campus.
(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2010, a modernization project
submitted to the Division of the State Architect pursuant to this
chapter, including, but not limited to, a hardship application, that
requires the approval of the department, is structural in nature, and
is made on a multistory building or a building that has exits that
open to an enclosed hallway or corridor shall include an automatic
fire detection, alarm, and sprinkler system as set forth in Section
17074.52 and approved by the State Fire Marshal.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "modernization project"
means a project funded pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section
17074.10).
(3) The board may waive the requirement set forth in this
subdivision that a project include an automatic sprinkler system if
the cost of the automatic sprinkler system is greater than 20 percent
of the replacement cost of the building.
(4) The board shall adopt regulations to implement this
subdivision.
(d) Compliance with this section entitles the school district to
all applicable reductions in code requirements, as provided in the
California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code
of Regulations).
(d)
(e) The department shall administer this section based
upon the standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to
Section 17074.52.
SEC. 2. Section 17074.52 of the Education Code is amended to read:
17074.52. (a) (1) For modernization projects, the automatic fire
detection and alarm system required pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 17074.50 shall consist of smoke or heat detectors, or a
combination thereof, as determined by the State Fire Marshal,
installed in the school building. The alarm, upon activation of an
initiating device, shall alert all occupants and shall transmit the
alarm signal to an approved supervising station.
(2) For modernization projects, the automatic fire sprinkler
system required pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 17074.50 shall
consist of an automatic fire sprinkler system installed throughout
the school building in accordance with building standards adopted by
the State Fire Marshal.
(b) For new construction projects, the automatic fire detection,
alarm, and sprinkler system required pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 17074.50, shall in addition to compliance with subdivision
(a), include an automatic fire sprinkler system installed in the
school building including, but not necessarily limited to, attic
spaces.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 17074.50 or subdivisions (a) or (b) of
this section, for a stand alone portable building, the system
required pursuant to this article shall consist of an automatic fire
detection and alarm system. For the purposes of this subdivision a
"stand alone portable building" means a portable building that is
used as a single classroom and that is sited more than 25 feet from
any other building, including, but not limited to, any other portable
building.
(d) Except as required for automatic fire detectors and waterflow
detection devices, manual fire alarm boxes shall not be required
throughout the school building.
(e) The entire system shall be installed, tested, and maintained
in accordance with the regulations of the State Fire Marshal.
SEC. 3. Section 17074.56 of the Education Code is amended to read:
17074.56. (a) The board shall adjust the per-pupil grant amount
set forth in Section 17072.10 as necessary to accommodate 50 percent
of the increased costs due to the automatic fire detection, alarm,
and sprinkler system required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
17074.50. The board shall adjust the per-pupil grant amount set forth
in Section 17074.10 as necessary to accommodate 80 percent of the
increased costs due to the automatic fire detection and alarm system
required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 17074.50 and the
automatic fire sprinkler system required pursuant to subdivision (c)
of Section 17074.50. The board shall establish a method to provide up
to 100 percent of the increased costs of the automatic fire
detection, alarm, and sprinkler systems for school districts which
qualify for hardship assistance pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b) of Section 17075.10.
(b) By July 1, 2003, the board shall review the adequacy of the
per-pupil grant adjustments made pursuant to subdivision (a) and
shall increase or decrease those adjustments as determined to be
necessary.
(c) A project submitted to the Division of the State Architect on
or after September 1, 2001, that includes a qualifying fire
detection, alarm, and sprinkler system, and that has not been fully
funded prior to July 1, 2002, shall be eligible for grant or
eligibility adjustments as set forth in this article.
