BILL NUMBER: SB 1537	CHAPTERED  09/26/08

	CHAPTER  355
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 13, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to add Section 8686.6 to the Government Code, relating to
disaster assistance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1537, Kehoe. Disaster assistance: 2007 southern California
wildfires.
   Under existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, the
state share for eligible project costs is no more than 75% of total
state eligible costs, and for specific incidents, the state share is
up to 100% of total eligible state costs.
   This bill would include, as eligible for 100% state share, the
wildfires that occurred in southern California commencing on or about
October 20, 2007, as specified in agreements between the state and
the United States for federal financial assistance. This bill would
become effective only if SB 1764 of the 2007-08 Regular Session is
enacted.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8686.6 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8686.6.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 8686, the
state share shall be up to 100 percent of total state eligible costs
connected with the wildfires that occurred in southern California
commencing on or about October 20, 2007, as specified in agreements
between the state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
   (b) For the disaster that the Legislature has designated in
subdivision (a), the state shall assume the increased share specified
in subdivision (a) if the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share of
costs.
   (c) The state shall make no allocation for any project application
resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) under this section.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall only become effective if SB 1764 of the
2007-08 Regular Session is enacted.