BILL NUMBER: AB 2274	CHAPTERED  09/30/06

	CHAPTER  859
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Karnette

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2006

   An act to add Part 6 (commencing with Section 3980) to Division 6
of the Harbors and Navigation Code, relating to harbors and ports.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2274, Karnette  Harbors and ports: emergency response and
evacuation plans.
   Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act (act) provides
for mitigation and response efforts to events including states of
emergency, as defined, and local emergencies, as defined, and
includes sudden and severe energy shortages, as defined, within those
emergencies covered under these provisions. The act sets forth the
duties of the Office of Emergency Services in overseeing these
efforts. The act authorizes counties, cities, and cities and counties
to create disaster councils to develop plans for responding to any
condition constituting a local or state emergency.
   This bill would require local, regional, and statewide agencies
responsible for emergency preparation and response activities to work
with all harbor agencies, as defined, within their jurisdiction to
ensure integration of the harbor agencies' emergency preparation,
response, and evacuation procedures with the agencies' activities.
   By creating new duties for local and regional agencies responsible
for emergency preparation and response activities, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Part 6 (commencing with Section 3980) is added to
Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, to read:

      PART 6.  Emergency Response and Evacuation

   3980.  Local, regional, and statewide agencies responsible for
emergency preparation and response activities shall work with all
harbor agencies, as defined in Section 1694, within their
jurisdiction, to ensure integration of the harbor agencies'
respective emergency preparation, response, and evacuation procedures
with the agencies' activities.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.