CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 174

Statutes of 2021

[ Approved by Governor September 16, 2021. Filed with Secretary of State September 16, 2021. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooley

February 17, 2021

An act to add Section 14690.5 to the Government Code, relating to public buildings.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law establishes the Department of General Services, under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of General Services, in the Government Operations Agency and vests the department with specified powers and duties pertaining to state-owned real property and state buildings.

This bill, no later than March 1, 2022, would require the department to prepare and submit to the Joint Rules Committee a report summarizing current building safety guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or similar building safety guidelines, relating to the integration of shelter-in-place facilities in public buildings.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 14690.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

14690.5.

No later than March 1, 2022, the department shall prepare and submit to the Joint Rules Committee a report summarizing current building safety guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or similar building safety guidelines, relating to the integration of shelter-in-place facilities in public buildings. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.