Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 17. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022. Inoperative July 1, 2042, pursuant to Section 8590.21. Repealed as of January 1, 2043, pursuant to Section 8590.21.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a)“California Residential Mitigation Program” or “CRMP” means the joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services.
(b)“Fund” means the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing Fund.
(c)“Multifamily housing” means a multistory building containing 2 to 20 residential units.
(d)“Program” means the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing.
(e)“Seismic retrofitting” means making a structure more resistant to earthquake shaking and damage.
(f)“Soft story” means a multiunit, wood-frame building with a weak first story that has a high collapse potential due primarily to its soft or weak first-story walls.
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