Bill Text: CA AB1605 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School facilities: plan review.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB1605 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1605-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1605	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        JANUARY 6, 2010

   An act to add Section 17303.5 to the Education Code, relating to
school facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1605, as introduced, Coto. School facilities: plan review.
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services to
supervise the design and construction of school buildings to ensure
that plans and specifications comply with various structural safety
standards, as specified. Existing law requires a local educational
agency to submit a plan for the construction, and in specified cases,
the alteration, of any school building prior to adopting the plan.
An applicant is required to pay a filing fee to the department based
on the estimated cost of the work, in accordance with a specified
schedule, and is required to make an election to either use the
department to review the plan or request that the plan review be
performed by a qualified plan review firm, as specified. If the
department is elected, the department is required to take specified
actions to expedite the review of the applicant's plan, including,
among other things, employing additional staff on a temporary basis.
   This bill would authorize a local educational agency to agree to
pay an additional fee to the department for the department's cost to
employ additional staff to expedite its review of that local
educational agency's plan. The bill would exempt employees funded by
those fees from furloughs implemented by any state agency, board, or
commission.
   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 17303.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   17303.5.  (a) A local educational agency may agree to pay an
additional fee to the Department of General Services for the
department's cost to employ additional staff to expedite its review
of that local educational agency's plan.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee funded
by a fee collected pursuant to this section is exempt from any
furlough implemented by any state agency, board, or commission.