BILL NUMBER: AB 865	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Price

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Section 8588.8 to the Government Code, relating to
emergencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 865, as introduced, Price. Emergencies: communication.
   Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, requires the
California Emergency Management Agency to coordinate the emergency
services of all state agencies in connection with emergencies, and to
establish a standardized emergency management system for use by all
emergency response agencies.
   This bill would require the agency, in cooperation with the office
of the State Chief Information Officer, to develop and operate a
full-time wireless communications system providing the public with
emergency information that is accessible by cellular telephone, text
pager, or computer.
   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 8588.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8588.8.  The California Emergency Management Agency, in
cooperation with the office of the State Chief Information Officer,
shall develop and operate a full-time wireless communications system
to provide the public with emergency information that is accessible
by cellular telephone, text pager, or computer.