Building standards: pilot program for green innovation building permits.

The California Building Standards Law provides for the adoption of building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission for approval and adoption. Existing law requires that all building standards shall be administered and enforced and, whenever practicable, written on a performance basis consistent with state and nationally recognized standards for building construction. Existing law authorizes a city or county to make changes or modifications in the requirements contained in the provisions published in the California Building Standards Code and other specified regulations, including, but not limited to, changes or modifications to green building standards. This bill would, notwithstanding existing law, authorize the County of Marin and another, unspecified city, county, or city and county to adopt a pilot program for green innovation building permits to promote and facilitate innovation and research regarding environmentally sustainable building materials, methods, and designs not yet considered or addressed in the state's building codes. The bill would impose certain reporting requirements on a city, county, or city and county that adopts a pilot program relating to the scope, designs, modifications, administration, and performance measures of the pilot program and the permits issued. The bill would also impose specified duties on a city, county, or city and county that adopts a pilot program, including the duty to issue no more than 10 permits per year for a period of 5 years following the adoption of a pilot program pursuant to its provisions. The bill would prohibit, after this 5-year period, the city, county, or city and county from issuing new permits under the pilot program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Marin and ____.