Status: 09/07/2007-Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading.
Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, provides for the certification of emergency medical technicians through the issuance of certificates, including EMT-I and EMT-II certificates, by local entities, known as local EMS agencies, which are designated by counties. Existing law also permits public safety agencies, for public safety personnel, and the State Board of Fire Services, for fire safety personnel, to issue EMT-I certificates. Existing law provides that the medical director of a local EMS agency or the Emergency Medical Services Authority may deny, suspend, or revoke certificates issued under these provisions, or may place a certificate holder on probation, upon finding the occurrence of any of specified events. This bill, if certain conditions are met, would require the authority to maintain a centralized system for monitoring and tracing EMT-I and EMT-II certification status and EMT-P licensure status to be used by employers and local EMS agencies as part of the background check process. The bill would require EMS providers to verify that a background check is completed on all EMT-I and EMT-II holders and to submit certification data. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Watch
Status: Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading.
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 agencies (UPAs) to implement that act, and would make conforming changes. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Support
Status: 09/07/2007-Read third time. Amended. To third reading. Re-referred to Com. On P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
The Judges' Retirement Law permits a judge, at any time, including after reaching retirement age, to designate a beneficiary to receive the benefits as may be payable to his or her beneficiary by a writing filed with the board. This bill would provide that the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries of a judge who designated a beneficiary to receive an optional settlement benefit by a writing filed with the board, on or after January 1, 2003, and before January 1, 2007, who dies while in office, is entitled to receive the optional settlement benefit the judge elected, subject to specified limitations. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Watch
Status: 09/07/2007-Read third time. Amended. To third reading. Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Existing law creates the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA) with specified powers and duties relative to the development of a plan for implementation and operation of a water transit system on San Francisco Bay. This bill would repeal those provisions and establish the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) with specified powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the authority to, among other things, coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, as defined. The bill would require the WTA to transfer, among other things, the title and ownership of all property within its control to the WETA. The bill would also require the transfer to the WETA of funds designated for the WTA and all public transportation ferries and related water transportation services and facilities within the bay area region, as specified. The bill would provide that the WETA is as fully entitled to new allocation or distribution of funds as if it were the WTA. The bill would require the WETA to be governed by a board composed of five members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, as specified, and would set forth various duties and powers of the board. The bill would require the WETA to create and adopt, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the State Office of Emergency Services, among other agencies, an emergency water transportation system management plan for water transportation services in the bay area region and a related transition plan, as specified. The bill would require the authority to set fares for travel on the water transportation system it operates and would authorize the authority to issue bonds, levy special benefit assessments, and borrow money, as specified. The bill would require that represented employees of the WTA become employees of the WETA and suffer no loss of employment of reduction in wages or health benefits, among other things. The bill would prescribe related matters with regard to the powers and duties of the WETA. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Position: Watch