California Code of Regulations › Title 21 - Public Works › Division 1 - Department of General Services › Chapter 1 - Division of the State Architect › Subchapter 1 - Safety of Construction of Public Schools › Article 9 - State Advisory Board to the Office of the State Architect for the Field Act › Section 55 - Advisory Board

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 General. The Director of the Department of General Services may appoint an
					 advisory board whose duty it is to serve in an advisory capacity to the office
					 in connection with technical or structural matters and with reference to
					 regulations and requirements pertaining to the administration of the act. This
					 board shall also act as a board of review to which appeal can be made by school
					 boards, architects, structural engineers, or other interested parties in case
					 of disagreement with the decisions, rulings or acts of the office.
(b) Membership. The said board shall consist
					 of 10 members appointed by the director and four ex officio members who are:
					 State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Architect, the State Fire
					 Marshal, and the Chief Structural Engineer. Of the appointive members, four
					 shall be structural engineers, four shall be architects, one shall be a
					 mechanical engineer, and one shall be an electrical engineer. Two of the
					 structural engineers and two of the architects shall be residents in Northern
					 and Southern California, respectively. The appointive members shall serve at
					 the pleasure of the Director of the Department of General Services. He or she
					 may also appoint as many other ex officio members as he or she may desire. Ex
					 officio members are not entitled to vote. Nominations for board members,
					 qualified by close connection with public school design and construction, are
					 invited from the California Council, American Institute of Architects; the
					 Structural Engineers Association of California; and the Consulting Engineers
					 Association of California.
(c)
					 Meetings. The board shall elect its own chairperson and vice chairperson and
					 shall convene upon the call of the chairperson whenever it may be necessary in
					 his or her judgment for the board to meet. The board shall adopt such rules of
					 procedure as are necessary to enable it to perform the obligations delegated to
					 it. The chairperson of the board shall at his or her discretion or upon
					 instructions from the board designate subcommittees to study and report back to
					 the board any technical subject or matter regarding which an independent review
					 or further study is desired or regarding which appeal is made to the board from
					 decisions or rulings of the office. The board members will be reimbursed from
					 the fund defined in Sections
					 39147 and
					 81137 of the act for their
					 reasonable actual expenses in attending meetings but shall receive no
					 compensation for their services.
1.
						Editorial renumbering of Article 5 to Article 9 to correct printing error
						(Register 83, No. 45).
2. Repealer of Group 3 (Articles 1-16,
						Sections 200 -T21-5406, not consecutive)
						filed 9-8-83; effective 9-15-83 pursuant to Government Code Section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 83, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  39152 and
						  81142,
						  Education Code. Reference: Sections
						  39152 and
						  81142,
						  Education Code.