INTRODUCTION REPORT
Introductions From 02/22/07

AB 693

(Plescia) California Emergency Services Act. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

Current Location:02/22/2007-A PRINT

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The California Emergency Services Act sets forth the intent of the Legislature in enacting its provisions generally. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

AB 731

(Solorio) Health care coverage: public agencies. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

Current Location:02/22/2007-A PRINT

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Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1974, provides for the licensing and regulation of health care service plans. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to require health care coverage providers to disclose to public agency governing boards that they contract with all fees and commissions paid to the agency's insurance broker.

AB 745

(Silva) Local agency formation commissions. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 declares the intent of the Legislature that each local agency formation commission establish written policies and procedures. Existing law authorizes a commission, through the adoption of the written policies and procedures, to require lobbying disclosure and reporting requirements for persons who attempt to influence pending decisions by commission members, staff, or consultants. This bill would extend this authority to also permit a commission to require lobbying disclosure and reporting requirements for persons who attempt to influence those who sign petitions or vote in elections called under the act or who otherwise attempt to influence proceedings held under the act.

AB 759

(Karnette) Fire protection: residential care facilities for the elderly. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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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 January 1, 2011, if they are licensed as of January 1, 2010. The bill would require every facility for which a license is newly issued on or after January 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, including addressing those fire safety features no longer required of a licensee after an operable automatic fire sprinkler system has been installed and maintained. The bill would also provide 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 not later than 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 775

(Niello) County employees' retirement: employment of retirees: prohibition. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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The County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 authorizes a county to employ, without reinstatement from retirement, a retired member in a position requiring special skills or knowledge. Under the law, a retired member may not work more than 90 working days or 720 hours, in a fiscal year or any other designated 12-month period, except as specified in Contra Costa County. The law authorizes a board of supervisors to extend that reemployment period to permit a retired member to work up to 120 working days or 960 hours, whichever is greater, in a fiscal year or any other designated 12-month period. This bill would provide that the authorizations described above are inapplicable to a retired member who is employed by an employer under the system and who, within 12 months prior to that employment, received unemployment insurance compensation following the termination of an appointment with the same employer. The bill would require a retired person who accepts an appointment after receiving unemployment insurance compensation, as specified, to terminate that employment on the last day of the current pay period and would prohibit reappointment for a period of 12 months.

AB 781

(Carter) Office of Emergency Services: communications. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law sets forth the duties of the Office of Emergency Services generally with respect to the provision of emergency information to the public. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring the office to enter into memoranda of understanding with public television stations in the state for the provision of specified emergency information to the public.

AB 784

(Karnette) Transportation bonds. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Proposition 1B, approved by the voters at the November 2006 general election, enacts the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, which authorizes the issuance of $19.925 billion of general obligation bonds for various transportation purposes. This bill, with respect to certain of those bond funds, would require the California Transportation Commission or the Office of Emergency Services, as the allocating agency, to adopt guidelines and policies to ensure timely use of these bond funds by requiring construction on a project to begin no later than December 31, 2012. The bill would, notwithstanding any other provision of law, provide that applicants for bond funds allocated by the Office of Emergency Services need not comply with competitive bidding requirements. The bill would enact other related provisions. The bill would also make findings and declarations of the Legislature.

AB 791

(Jeffries) Governmental reorganization. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law authorizes the creation of various state agencies, including, but not limited to, the State and Consumer Services Agency, the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the California Health and Human Services Agency, and the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Under existing law, the secretary of each agency has the power of general supervision over, and is directly responsible to the Governor for, the operation of each department, office, and unit, within the agency. Under existing law, there are in state government various departments, authorities, and offices, including, but not limited to, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority. This bill would create, on January 1, 2009, the California Public Safety Agency, supervised by the Secretary of the California Public Safety Agency. The bill would provide, on January 1, 2011, that the California Public Safety Agency shall consist of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, specified fire suppression personnel, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Office of Emergency Services, the Office of Homeland Security, the Office of Traffic Safety, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, specified peace officer personnel, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority. The bill would also require, by January 1, 2010, each of these departments, personnel, offices, and authorities to meet with the secretary and develop proposed internal organizational structures, as specified. The bill would also make related legislative findings and declarations.

AB 849

(Nakanishi) Public safety training facilities. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law establishes various law enforcement programs and training for public safety employees. This bill would establish the Public Safety Training Facilities Grant Program, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Services, and to provide grants for training police, sheriff, and fire department personnel in counties with an average population density not exceeding 500 persons per square mile.

AB 880

(Nava) Disaster liability immunity. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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In general, existing law provides that everyone is responsible, not only for the result of his or her willful acts, but also for an injury occasioned to another by his or her want of ordinary care or skill in the management of his or her property or person, except as specified. However, existing law exempts certain persons who render care in an emergency situation from liability for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions by that person in rendering the care. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to provide a limited immunity from liability for businesses and nonprofit organizations that voluntarily, without compensation or expectation of compensation, provide resources in response to an emergency at the request of public emergency responders.

AB 903

(Houston) Emergency services. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, states the findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to the state's responsibility to mitigate the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies that result in conditions of disaster or extreme peril to life, property, and the resources of the state. This bill would make various technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

AB 908

(Adams) California Emergency Services Act: Year 2000 Problem. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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The California Emergency Services Act includes within those events constituting a state or local emergency for purposes of the act, complications resulting from the Year 2000 Problem, as defined, and makes provision for specified activities in preparation or response to that event. This bill would delete those provisions relating to the Year 2000 Problem.

AB 932

(Jeffries) Convict labor: fire camps: weight training equipment. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law appropriates money from the Inmate Welfare Fund of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for educational and recreational purposes at prison camps, as specified. Existing law also provides for the regulation of the use of weight training equipment in correctional facilities. This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide inmates assigned to fire suppression efforts with access to weight training equipment in accordance with the regulations provided for the use of weight training equipment in correctional facilities.

AB 942

(Krekorian) Emergency telecommunications. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing provisions of the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act establish the number "911" as the primary emergency telephone number for use in the state and requires the providing of enhanced service capable of selective routing, automatic number identification, or automatic location identification. This bill would require that after June 30, 2008, every telephone exchange service, competitive local exchange carrier, multitelephone system, private branch exchange system, key set system, Centrex, or similar system, to provide enhanced "911" service with automatic routing, automatic number identification, and automatic location information or identification. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

AB 988

(Calderon, Charles) Federal homeland security grant funds. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law sets forth the duties of the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Emergency Services in implementing various emergency preparedness programs in the state. This bill would authorize the department and the office, as appropriate, and to the extent permissible by federal law, to include nonprofit organizations in the allocation of federal homeland security grant funds. This bill contains other related provisions.

AB 1047

(Houston) Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act: notification. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Read first time. To print.

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Existing law allows a public agency to elect to be subject to the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, which authorizes bidding procedures for public projects, as specified. This bill would require the Controller to send notices annually to public agencies detailing the existence of, and the benefits available, under the act.

SB 485

(Maldonado) Emergency medical services. (I-02/22/2007   html   pdf)

Status:02/22/2007-Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Current Location:02/22/2007-S PRINT

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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 would make a technical, nonsubstantive change. This bill contains other existing laws.