The Origins and Impacts of California Senate Bill 800

ABSTRACT\ud THE ORIGINS AND IMPACTS OF\ud CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 800\ud by\ud ?? Jubal Raymond 2011\ud Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies:\ud Construction Management\ud California State University, Chico\ud Summer 2011\ud This study will show how one California Senate Bill 800 contributes to the\ud legal regulation of construction defect resolution in the residential construction industry\ud of California. By conducting a study of California Senate Bill 800 this paper will demonstrate\ud how this important statute affects construction defect resolution law and how it is\ud an important topic for construction management.\ud An analysis of California Senate Bill 800 known as the ???Right to Repair Law???\ud will shed light on the construction defect liability dilemma while examining an important\ud legislative statute and its intended purpose. This study will analyze how Senate Bill 800\ud became incorporated into the California Civil Code through the current legislative lawmaking\ud process in California. Furthermore, this research will describe how Senate Bill\ud 800 affects the construction defect resolution process, the economy of the residential\ud construction field, and the economy of California, thus helping to bring the construction\ud defect liability topic into perspective for the construction management student.CSU, Chic