(a) The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall adopt regulations and standards as he or she may determine to be necessary to control the quality and installation of fire alarm systems and fire alarm devices marketed, distributed, offered for sale, or sold in this state.
(b) No person shall market, distribute, offer for sale, or sell any fire alarm system or fire alarm device in this state unless the system or device has been approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal.
(c) (1) The State Fire Marshal shall convene a working group to address the issues specified in paragraph (2), made up of the following representatives to the extent they are willing to participate:
(A) Representatives of at least four manufacturers of fire alarm devices or systems whose products are currently listed pursuant to this section and whose names are provided to the State Fire Marshal as manufacturer representatives by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
(B) A fire protection engineer who is not associated with the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
(C) Staff from the State Fire Marshal’s Office for consultation purposes, as determined by the State Fire Marshal.
(D) Representatives of four local fire marshals with experience in building plan checking and code compliance.
(E) A representative of a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
(F) The State Fire Marshal or his or her designee.
(2) (A) Giving due consideration to public safety issues, the working group shall develop a process for listing of fire alarms and safety devices by the State Fire Marshal. Listing shall be approved upon receipt of certification of the fire alarm by a State Fire Marshal approved nationally recognized testing laboratory. All appropriate fees associated with the building materials listing application must be received by the Office of the California State Fire Marshal prior to approval.
(B) Implementation of the process developed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) shall be through administrative action or legislative action in the regular session commencing December 4, 2006 and shall go into effect no later than January 1, 2008.
(3) (A) The State Fire Marshal shall appoint the members of the working group no later than October 1, 2006, and shall convene the first meeting of the working group no later than November 1, 2006.
(B) The State Fire Marshal shall approve the revised process no later than March 30, 2007.
(C) Nothing in this section shall preclude the State Fire Marshal and members of the fire alarm safety devices from convening in an ad hoc working group in advance of the effective date of this statute.