BILL NUMBER: AB 423 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torres
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
An act to amend Sections 53114.1, 53114.2, and 53115.2 of the
Government Code, relating to emergency telephone systems.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 423, as introduced, Torres. Emergency telephone systems.
Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires
the Communications Division of the Department of General Services to
consult at regular intervals with specified entities and individuals
in order to accomplish the responsibilities specified by the act.
This bill would add the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training to the specified entities and individuals that the
Communications Division is required to consult with at regular
intervals in order to accomplish the responsibilities specified by
the act.
Existing law requires the Communications Division to review and
update technical and operational standards for public agency systems,
after consultation with specified entities and individuals.
The bill would require the review and update of technical and
operational standards for public agency systems to include standards
for recruitment and training of public safety dispatchers. The bill
would also require the review and update to be completed on or before
December 31, 2010, to include evaluations of issues related to the
receipt of calls in a language other than English by public safety
dispatchers at a Public Safety Answering Point, the need for
additional recruitment of multilingual public safety dispatchers, and
whether the Communications Division should require all public safety
dispatchers to complete the Public Safety Dispatcher Course offered
by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Existing law also requires the State 911 Advisory Board to advise
the Communications Division on specified subjects, including training
standards for county coordinators and Public Safety Answering Point
managers.
The bill would modify the requirement that the State 911 Advisory
Board advise the Communications Division on training standards for
county coordinators and Public Safety Answering Point managers to
also require the State 911 Advisory Board to advise the
Communications Division on training standards for public safety
dispatchers.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 53114.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
53114.1. To accomplish the responsibilities specified in this
article, the Communications Division is directed to consult at
regular intervals with the State Fire Marshal, the State Department
of Health Services, the Governor's Office of Traffic Safety, the
Office of Emergency Services, the California Council on Criminal
Justice, a local representative from a city, a local representative
from a county, the public utilities in this state providing telephone
service, the Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, the
Emergency Medical Services Authority, the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training, and the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection. These agencies entities and
individuals shall provide all necessary assistance and
consultation to the Communications Division to enable it to perform
its duties specified in this article.
SEC. 2. Section 53114.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:
53114.2. (a) Technical and operational
standards for the development of the public agency systems shall be
established and reviewed by the Communications Division on or before
December 31, 1973, after consultation with all agencies
entities and individuals specified in Section
53114.1. On or before December 31, 1976, and each even-numbered year
thereafter, after consultation with all agencies
entities and individuals specified in Section 53114.1, the
Communications Division shall review and update technical and
operational standards for public agency systems , including, but
not limited to, standards for recruitment and training of public
safety dispatchers .
(b) The review and update required pursuant to subdivision (a)
that is to be completed on or before December 31, 2010, shall include
evaluations of issues related to the receipt of calls in a language
other than English by dispatchers at a Public Safety Answering Point
(PSAP), the need for additional recruitment of multilingual public
safety dispatchers, and whether the Communications Division should
require all public safety dispatchers to complete the Public Safety
Dispatcher Course offered by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training.
SEC. 3. Section 53115.2 of the Government Code is amended to read:
53115.2. (a) The State 911 Advisory Board shall advise the
Telecommunications Communications
Division of the Department of General Services on all of the
following subjects:
(1) Policies, practices, and procedures for the California 911
Emergency Communications Office.
(2) Technical and operational standards for the California 911
system consistent with the National Emergency Number Association
(NENA) standards.
(3) Training standards for county coordinators and
, Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) managers
, and public safety dispatchers .
(4) Budget, funding, and reimbursement decisions related to the
State Emergency Number Account.
(5) Proposed projects and studies conducted or funded by the State
Emergency Number Account.
(6) Expediting the rollout of Enhanced 911 Phase II technology.
(b) Upon request of a local public agency, the board shall conduct
a hearing on any conflict between a local public agency and the
Telecommunications Communications
Division regarding a final plan that has not been approved by the
Telecommunications Communications
Division pursuant to Section 53114. The board shall meet within 30
days following the request, and shall make a recommendation to
resolve the conflict to the Telecommunications
Communications Division within 90 days following the
initial hearing by the board pursuant to the request.