BILL NUMBER: AB 211	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Budget   (
  Laird (Chair), Arambula, Beall, Berg, Brownley,
Dymally, Feuer, Hayashi, Hernandez, Jones, Mullin, Ruskin, Swanson,
and Wolk   )   Assembly Member 
 Jones 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Kuehl
 and Torlakson   ) 

                        JANUARY 25, 2007

    An act relating to the Budget Act of 2007.  
An act to add Section 101037 to the Health and Safety Code, relating
to local health officers. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 211, as amended,  Committee on Budget  
Jones  .  Budget Act of 2007.  Local health
officers.  
   Existing law permits the establishment of the position of county
health officer for the performance of various duties and powers
relating to public health.  
   This bill would authorize the local health officer to provide
assistance to cities and counties with regard to public health issues
as they relate to local land use planning and transportation
planning processes.  
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2007. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 101037 is added to the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  
   101037.  The county local health officer may provide assistance to
cities and counties with regard to public health issues as they
relate to local land use planning and transportation planning
processes. This assistance may include, but is not limited to:
   (a) The prevention of obesity and chronic diseases such as
diabetes, some forms of cancer, arthritis and stroke in relation to
physical activity, and issues of ease of walking and biking and
vehicle miles traveled.
   (b) Respiratory disease and air quality.
   (c) Injury prevention and motor vehicle crashes.
   (d) Healthier eating opportunities and community design.
   (e) Drinking water quality.
   (f) Mental well-being and parks, trails, and open space.
   (g) Social capital and sense of community.
   (h) Violence prevention and street safety.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2007.