BILL NUMBER: AB 2237	CHAPTERED  09/27/06

	CHAPTER  503
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 30, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2006

   An act to amend Section 9147.5 of the Government Code, relating to
harbors and ports.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2237, Karnette  Harbors and ports: security.
   Existing law requires the Director of Homeland Security in
collaboration with the State Department of Health Services to submit
an annual report to the budget committees of each house of the
Legislature regarding their respective expenditures of federal
homeland security and bioterrorism funds.
   This bill would require the report to include information on
policies, projects, and funding necessary to protect the state's
harbor facilities, port facilities, and the commercial marine
transportation sector from terrorist attack.  The bill would require
the director to consult with individuals and businesses connected to
harbors and ports, and would specify the contents of the report as it
relates to harbors and ports.
   The bill would require the director also to submit the report to
the transportation committees of each house of the Legislature.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 9147.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   9147.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5, the Director of
Homeland Security, in collaboration with the State Department of
Health Services, shall, on or before February 1 of each year, report
to the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the
chairperson of the transportation committee of each house of the
Legislature, and the chairperson of the budget committee of each
house of the Legislature, on their respective expenditures of federal
homeland security and bioterrorism funds.
   (b) The report shall include all of the following information:
   (1) Descriptions of grant expenditures and coordination activities
at the state and local level that have occurred over the past fiscal
year.
   (2) How those activities met the state's strategic goals and
objectives.
   (3) Funding amounts awarded to state and local agencies.
   (4) Funding levels by grant and grant year, designating which
funds have been expended or encumbered, or remain unencumbered.
   (5) Any challenges encountered by state or local agencies that
hindered their expenditure of the funds.
   (6) Areas of focus for the upcoming fiscal year.
   (c) The report shall also include information on the policies,
projects, and funding necessary to protect the state's harbor
facilities, port facilities, and the commercial marine transportation
sector from terrorist attack.
   (1) The director shall consult with representatives of federal,
state, and local governments, harbor facilities, port facilities, the
marine trade industry, the commercial marine transportation
industry, marine transportation labor organizations, businesses
located near harbors or ports, and residents residing near harbors or
ports.
   (2) For purposes of this subdivision the report shall do all of
the following:
   (A) Identify existing sources and amounts of funding.
   (B) Identify the unmet funding need.
   (C) Provide specific and verifiable information regarding the
percentage of marine cargo containers that receive one or more of the
following:
   (i) Technical screening.
   (ii) Hand inspection.
   (iii) Transport tracking by technical or other means.
   (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
Director of Homeland Security or the State Department of Health
Services to disclose or include classified information.