BILL NUMBER: AB 1324 CHAPTERED 10/12/01 CHAPTER 760 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 12, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 11, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 4, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 17, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 20, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Negrete McLeod FEBRUARY 23, 2001 An act to amend Sections 14307 and 14315 of, and to add Section 14309 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to the California Conservation Corps. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1324, NegreteMcLeod. California Conservation Corps. Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Resources Agency as a service organization providing employment and training for young men and women. Existing law provides that fire prevention, fire suppression, and disaster relief are to be a major emphasis of the corps. This bill would specify that disaster relief includes, but is not limited to, flood, earthquake, pest infestation assistance measures, and search and rescue efforts. Existing law requires state agencies to use the corps' services to the maximum extent feasible to carry out projects that promote the corps' mission. This bill would require state agencies considering the use of contracted labor, to give priority to the corps, subject to the availability of assistance from the corps, when the mission of the corps and the nature of the state agency's project are substantially consistent, and to notify the corps of any potential contracts for services that would fit within the parameters of the legislative intent set forth in a specified statute. This bill would further provide that the use of corps members shall be given strong consideration over the use of other contracted labor. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14307 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 14307. Fire prevention, fire suppression, and disaster relief including, but not limited to, flood, earthquake, pest infestation assistance measures, and search and rescue efforts shall be a major emphasis of the program. Certain corps centers designated by the director as fire centers in locations specifically needed to assure emergency capability and readiness for firefighting and natural disaster relief shall be administered and directed jointly by the director of the corps and the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection. The director of the corps shall be responsible for setting the policies under which these centers shall be operated and shall be responsible for the recruitment, orientation, job training, project planning, and educational and other services generally provided in the corps at its base centers. The Director of Forestry and Fire Protection, and his or her designee, shall be responsible for the supervision of corps members engaged in public service conservation work and for the training, supervision, and direction of corps members engaged in fire prevention, fire suppression, and other emergency activities. SEC. 2. Section 14309 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 14309. In order to provide the best and most cost-effective training possible for corps members and other state employees, state agencies shall seek to combine or share training programs that provide related skills. SEC. 3. Section 14315 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 14315. (a) Subject to the availability of assistance from the corps, a state agency that is considering the use of contracted labor shall give priority to the corps when the mission of the corps and the nature of the state agency's project are substantially consistent. (b) State agencies shall notify the corps of potential contracts for services that fit within the parameters of the legislative intent set forth in Section 14000 and shall use the corps to the maximum extent feasible to carry out projects that promote the legislative intent as set forth in Section 14000. Because of the corps' commitment to the state's youth, in the exercise of a state agency's discretion when considering contracts for services, strong consideration shall be given to the use of corps members over the use of other contracted labor. (c) The corps may contract with any state agency for the performance of activities consistent with this division. (d) Upon appropriation by the Legislature and execution of a contract pursuant to subdivision (b), the Controller may transfer money to the Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Fund from other funds under the control of the contracting state agency, including, but not limited to, the following funds and accounts: (1) Hazardous Waste Control Account in the General Fund. (2) State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. (3) Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund. (4) California Environmental License Plate Fund. (5) Fish and Game Preservation Fund. (6) Public Resources Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund. (7) Unallocated Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund. (8) Habitat Conservation Fund. (9) Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund pursuant to Section 8352.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code (OMV Fund). (10) Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fund. (11) Integrated Waste Management Account in the Integrated Waste Management Fund. (12) State Parks and Recreation Fund. (13) Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup and Maintenance Account in the General Fund. (14) Employment Training Fund. (15) Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund. (16) California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. (e) Expenditures from the Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Fund of amounts transferred pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be limited to purposes which are consistent with the requirements of each fund or account contributing each amount to the Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Fund.