BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 185| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 185 Author: Assembly Budget Committee Amended: 2/17/10 in Senate Vote: 27 - Urgency ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant SUBJECT : Emergency response SOURCE : Author DIGEST : Senate Floor Amendments of 2/17/10 delete the prior version which contained clean-up provisions in the area of Proposition 1A of 2004 borrowing and securitization in order to amend the 2009 Budget Act. This bill now contains provisions which provide the necessary statutory changes in the area of emergency response in order to enact modifications to the 2009 Budget Act. ANALYSIS : This is the emergency response trailer bill which makes changes to the 2009-10 Final Budget Act as follows: 1. Emergency Response Fund . This bill establishes a 4.8 percent surcharge on all new or renewed commercial and residential fire and multiperil property insurance policies issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2010. Revenues created by this surcharge will be deposited into the newly established Emergency Response Fund for use for emergency activities of the California Emergency CONTINUED AB 185 Page 2 Management Agency, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and the Military Department. 2. Emergency Response Grants . This bill establishes the Local Government Mutual Aid Enhancement Program to provide local agencies additional funding to enhance or sustain fire and rescue disaster mutual aid capacity to combat the effects of emergencies and disasters. Local agencies will receive 31.3 percent of revenues deposited into the Emergency Response Fund beginning July 1, 2011. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No TSM:mw 2/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****