FIRE Amended Legislation
Report Date: 6/4/2007

AB 81

(Torrico) Child protection: safe surrender. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 11 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law designates certain locations as safe-surrender sites for the safe surrender of newborn children who are 72 hours of age or younger. This bill would expand the scope of those provisions to apply to children who are 30 days old or younger. The bill would permit a local fire agency, upon the approval of the appropriate local governing body of the agency, to designate a safe-surrender site. The bill would specify certain circumstances in which a safe-surrender site and its personnel have no liability for a surrendered child. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

 

AB 124

(Price) Meal and rest periods. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 183 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law authorizes the Industrial Welfare Commission to adopt orders respecting wages, hours, and working conditions. This bill would extend the protections afforded to employees covered by an order of the commission to pool lifeguards and stage assistants who are employed by the state or any political subdivision thereof , to the extent not in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached between an employer and a recognized employee organization, as specified . This bill contains other existing laws.

 

AB 319

(Nava) Emergencies: tsunami hazard preparedness and mitigation. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 38 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law provides that the Director of the Office of Emergency Services is responsible for coordinating the emergency activities of all state agencies in connection with a state of emergency. This bill would enact the Tsunami Hazard Preparedness and Mitigation Act of 2007, to establish the California Tsunami Hazard Preparedness and Mitigation Steering Committee to guide tsunami hazard preparation activities in the state, as specified. It would require the Office of Emergency Services, in conjunction with the steering committee, to establish a statewide tsunami hazard mitigation program to assist local governments in preparing for, responding to, and mitigating the effects of tsunamis, as specified. It would specify that these provisions would be implemented only to the extent federal funding is made available for that purpose. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

 

AB 503

(Swanson) Public agencies: overtime: notice. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 57 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law generally regulates the working hours of public and private employees. Existing law provides that 8 hours constitutes a day's work, except as specified. This bill would require the California Research Bureau to conduct a study, to be submitted to the Legislature by June 30, 2008, on issues related to a requirement that state and local agencies provide eight hours' written notice to employees who are required to work overtime. The bill would require the study to address the impacts of such a requirement on both employers and employees .

 

AB 706

(Leno) Fire retardants: toxic effects. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 187 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law makes various findings related to the toxicity of certain fire retardants containing chemicals known as brominated fire retardants (BFRs) and chlorinated fire retardants (CFRs), and prohibits a person from manufacturing, processing, or distributing a flame-retardant part of a product containing more than one-tenth of 1% of prescribed retardants. This bill would revise and extend the findings relating to fire retardants, and would, commencing January 1, 2010, require all seating, bedding, and furniture products to comply with certain requirements, including, but not limited to, the requirement that they not contain brominated fire retardants or chlorinated fire retardants, as defined. It would also require the Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation to enforce these provisions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

 

AB 759

(Karnette) Fire protection: residential care facilities for the elderly. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 86 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law establishes the State Fire Marshal within the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and sets forth its duties, including, but not limited to, administering provisions relating to inspection and approval of fire protection measures for health and community care facilities. This bill would require every residential care facility for the elderly that is licensed to care for not more than 6 residents, to have an approved, operable automatic fire sprinkler system on and after July 1, 2011, if they are licensed as of July 1, 2010. The bill would require every facility for which a license is newly issued on or after July 1, 2010, to have an approved, operable automatic fire sprinkler system on and after the date of issuance. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations to implement these provisions by January 1, 2009. The bill would also provide that if the facility does not own the property, the requirements do not apply until July 1, 2012, that the landlord shall determine all phases of construction, and the facility shall pay all costs including permit fees, cost of design and construction, and tenant relocation costs. The bill would require the State Fire Marshal to convene a subcommittee of the marshal's advisory committee and specify matters for the subcommittee to study, and would require the subcommittee to report to various committees in the Legislature by January 1, 2009. By changing the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

 

AB 864

(Davis) Substandard buildings: new ownership interest: registration. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 99 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

The State Housing Law regulates buildings used for human habitation and requires specified local agencies to enforce building standards. This bill would require a person or entity that acquires an ownership interest in a property for which an enforcement agency has recorded with the county recorder any of specified documents relating to substandard building violations, to provide that enforcement agency with specified information and documents , signed under penalty of perjury, concurrently with the completion of an agreement of sale, an exchange of property, or closure of escrow. The bill would impose a state-mandated local program by imposing additional duties upon enforcement agencies. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

 

AB 1130

(Laird) Aboveground storage tanks. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 128 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a unified hazardous waste and hazardous materials management regulatory program. A city or local agency that meets specified requirements is authorized to apply to the secretary to implement the unified program, and every county is required to apply to the secretary to be certified to implement the unified program. This bill would instead require the Unified Program Agency (UPA) to implement that act, and would make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

 

AB 1170

(Krekorian) State mandates. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 191 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

Under the California Constitution, whenever the Legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, including school districts, the state is required to provide a subvention of funds to reimburse the local government, with specified exceptions. Existing law establishes a procedure for local governmental agencies to file claims for reimbursement of these costs with the Commission on State Mandates. Under this procedure, the commission is required to hear and decide upon each claim for reimbursement and then determine the amount to be subvened for reimbursement, which the Controller shall pay to eligible claimants. The procedure also provides that a reimbursement claim for actual costs filed by a local agency or school district is subject to an audit by the Controller no later than 3 years after the date that the actual reimbursement claim is filed or last amended, whichever is later, but that, if no funds are appropriated or no payment is made to a claimant for the fiscal year for which the claim is filed, the audit shall be commenced no later than 3 years from the date of the initial payment of the claim. This bill would require the commission to issue a decision upon a local agency or school district test claim no later than 36 months after the date the claim is filed if the claim was filed on or after January 1, 2009, and no later than December 31, 2013 . It also would , with respect to a reimbursement claim that is filed or last amended on or after January 1, 2009, and no later than December 31, 2013, delete the provision that authorizes the Controller to commence an audit no later than 3 years from the date of the initial payment of the claim if certain conditions exist.

 

AB 1239

(Garrick) Property taxation: exclusion from newly constructed: fire safety devices. (A-06/01/2007  html  pdf)

Status:06/01/2007-From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

Current Location:06/01/2007-A SECOND READING

Calendar Events:06/04/07 192 ASM SECOND READING FILE

 

Summary:

The California Constitution generally limits ad valorem taxes on real property to 1% of the full cash value of that property. For purposes of this limitation, "full cash value" is defined as the assessor's valuation of real property as shown on the 1975-76 tax bill under "full cash value" or, thereafter, the appraised value of that real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to exclude from classification as "newly constructed" the construction or installation on or after November 7, 1984, of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, fire detection system, or fire-related egress improvement, as defined by the Legislature. Existing property tax law implementing this exclusion provides that the exclusion only applies to the construction or installation of these items in an existing building. This bill would provide that this exclusion from "newly constructed" also applies to the construction or installation, on and after the operative date of the bill, of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, or fire detection system in a new building. This bill would also specify, for purposes of this exclusion, that "the construction or installation of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, or fire detection system" includes the construction of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, or fire detection system in a new building in which the owner-builder incorporated the fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, or fire detection system in the initial construction of the building and the owner-builder does not intend to occupy or use the building. This bill would provide this exclusion to the initial purchaser of the new building, but only if the owner-builder did not receive an exclusion for the same system. In the case of a new nonresidential building, this bill would specify that "fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, or fire detection system" does not include such items that are required by law to be included in the new building. This bill would require the county assessor to reduce the base-year value of these buildings by the value of such items, as specified. This bill would require the State Board of Equalization , in consultation with the California Assessor's Association, to prescribe the manner and form for a taxpayer to claim this exclusion. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.