Status: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to make available for issuance the California memorial license plate. Additional fees other than the base fees are required for the issuance, renewal, retention, or transfer of California memorial license plates. Existing law requires 85% of the additional revenue derived from the issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of California memorial license plates to be deposited in the Antiterrorism Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, 1/2 of the money in the fund is required to be allocated to the Office of Emergency Services to be used solely for antiterrorism activities , as defined, and 1/2 of the money in the fund is required to be used solely for antiterrorism activities. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and training additional law enforcement, fire protection, and public health personnel, and re sponse training for existing and additional law enforcement, fire protection, and public health personnel . This bill would appropriate $4,000,000, from the fund. $2,000,000 of that money would be appropriated to the Office of Emergency Services for disbursement in the 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11 fiscal years to the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program. The program would be required to expend that money to develop antiterrorism training courses and reimburse local fire agencies for antiterrorism training activities. The remaining $2,000,000 would be appropriated to the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training for expenditure in the 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11 fiscal years. The commission would be required to expend that money to develop antiterrorism training courses and reimburse local law enforcement agencies for antiterrorism training activities.
Position: Watch