Bill Text: CA AB764 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Parking lots: design: insurance discount.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-01-15 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB764 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB764-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 764	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Mendoza
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Section 18940.7 to the Health and Safety Code, and
to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11895) to Part 3 of
Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to parking lots.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 764, as amended, Quirk. Parking lots: design: insurance
discount.
   Existing law provides that building standards shall be filed by
the California Building Standards Commission with the Secretary of
State and codified only after they have been approved by the
commission. Existing law regulates the issuance and renewal of
liability insurance policies in this state.
   This bill would require the commission, in collaboration with the
State Architect and the State Fire Marshal, to consider standards, at
each model code adoption review, for the installation of vehicle
barriers  in the design of any new building.  
to protect persons located within, or in or on the property of,
buildings, or to protect pedestrians, from collisions into those
buildings by  motor vehicles.  The bill would also
authorize an insurer to consider the installation of vehicle barriers
on a commercial property parking lot as a safety measure and seek a
discount on the property owner's insurance covering damage or loss to
the covered commercial property, or liability arising out of the
ownership, maintenance, or use of the commercial property.
   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 18940.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   18940.7.  (a) The California Building Standards Commission, in
collaboration with the State Architect and the State Fire Marshal,
shall consider standards, at each model code adoption review, for the
installation of vehicle barriers  in the design of any new
building.   to protect persons located within, or in or
on the property of, buildings, or to protect pedestrians, from
collisions into those buildings by motor vehicles. 
   (b) For the purposes of this section, a vehicle barrier includes a
horizontal or vertical protective device placed to protect 
buildings or pedestrians   persons located within, or in
or on the property of, buildings, or to protect pedestrians, 
from collisions  into those buildings  by motor vehicles.
   (c) For purposes of subdivision (a), the standards considered
shall include existing standards adopted or developed by a
standard-setting organization recognized by the commission,
including, but not limited to, the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) or another similar organization.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11895) is added to Part
3 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 6.  COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PARKING LOTS: VEHICLE BARRIER
DISCOUNT


   11895.  (a) An insurer may consider the installation of vehicle
barriers  to protect persons located within, or in or on the
property of, buildings, or to protect pedestrians, from collisions
into   those buildings by motor vehicles,  on a
commercial property parking lot as a safety measure and, consistent
with Article 10 (commencing with Section 1861.01) of Chapter 9 of
Part 2 of Division 1, seek a discount on the property owner's
insurance covering damage or loss to the covered commercial property,
or liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of
the commercial property.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, a vehicle barrier includes a
horizontal or vertical protective device placed to protect 
buildings or pedestrians   persons located within, or in
or on the property of, buildings, or to protect pedestrians, 
from collisions  into those buildings  by motor vehicles.