Section 18938 Of Chapter 4. The California Building Standards Code From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 13. >> Part 2.5. >> Chapter 4.
18938
. (a) Building standards shall be filed with the Secretary of
State and codified only after they have been approved by the
commission and shall not be published in any other title of the
California Code of Regulations. Emergency building standards shall be
filed with the Secretary of State and shall take effect only after
they have been approved by the commission as required by Section
18937. The filing of building standards adopted or approved pursuant
to this part, or any certification with respect thereto, with the
Secretary of State, or elsewhere as required by law, shall be done
solely by the commission.
(b) The building standards contained in the Uniform Fire Code of
the International Conference of Building Officials and the Western
Fire Chiefs Association, Inc., the Uniform Building Code of the
International Conference of Building Officials, Appendix Chapter 1 of
the Uniform Code for Building Conservation of the International
Conference of Building Officials, the Uniform Plumbing Code of the
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the
National Electrical Code of the National Fire Protection Association,
and the Uniform Mechanical Code of the International Conference of
Building Officials and the International Association of Plumbing and
Mechanical Officials, as referenced in the California Building
Standards Code, shall apply to all occupancies throughout the state
and shall become effective 180 days after publication in the
California Building Standards Code by the California Building
Standards Commission or at a later date after publication established
by the commission.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, an adoption,
amendment, or repeal of a building standard shall become effective
180 days after its publication in the triennial edition of the
California Building Standards Code or one of its supplements, or at
any later date as approved by the California Building Standards
Commission, with the exceptions of standards adopted pursuant to
Section 25402 of the Public Resources Code and those regulations that
implement or enforce building standards. Regulations that implement
or enforce building standards shall become effective 30 days after
filing by the commission with the Secretary of State. This
subdivision shall not apply to emergency building standards. An
amendment or a repeal of a building standard in the California
Building Standards Code that, as determined by the commission, would
result in a less restrictive regulation, shall become effective 30
days after filing of the amendment or repeal by the commission with
the Secretary of State.
(d) Emergency standards defined in subdivision (a) of Section
18913 shall become effective when approved by the commission, and
filed with the Secretary of State, or upon any later date specified
therein, and remain in effect as provided by Section 11346.1 of the
Government Code and Section 18937 of this code. Emergency standards
shall be distributed as soon as practicable after publication to all
interested and affected parties. Notice of repeal, pursuant to
Section 11346.1 of the Government Code, of emergency standards
defined in subdivision (a) of Section 18913 within the period
specified by that section, shall also be given to the parties by the
affected agencies promptly after the termination of the statutory
period pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
(e) This section shall not be applicable to the time limits set
forth in Sections 17922 and 17958 for approval of uniform codes and
for changes by local agencies in the California Building Standards
Code.