California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 50152.5

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of Division 13, on and after January 1, 1980, the department or the agency shall not adopt nor publish a building standard as defined in Section 18909 unless the provisions of Sections 18930, 18933, 18938, 18940, 18943, 18944 and 18945 of this code are expressly excepted in the statute under which the authority to adopt rules, regulations, or orders is delegated. Any building standard adopted in violation of this section shall have no force or effect. Any building standard adopted before January 1, 1980, pursuant to this division and not expressly excepted by statute from such provisions of the State Building Standards Law shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted, amended, or superseded by provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, whichever occurs sooner.