BILL NUMBER: AB 928	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

    An act to amend Section 8680.3 of the Government Code,
relating to disaster assistance.   An act to add Section
32280.1 to the Education Code, relating to school safety. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 928, as amended, Blakeslee.  Disaster assistance.
  School safety: earthquake early warning system. 

   Existing law states findings of the Legislature regarding the
generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate
to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future and declares that
increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged
and supported. Existing law requires each school district and county
office of education to develop comprehensive school safety plans that
include establishing an earthquake emergency procedure system in
every public school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or
more pupils or more than one classroom. Existing law also requires
the governing board of each private school to establish an earthquake
emergency procedure system in every private school building under
its jurisdiction having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or
more than one classroom.  
   This bill would require the State Department of Education, in
conjunction with other agencies, to develop and evaluate a plan for
identifying the potential to reduce injuries and loss of life among
pupils and school employees by establishing an earthquake early
warning system.  
   Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, defines the
term "disaster" for its purposes as a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave,
earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar public calamity
that the Governor determines presents a threat to public safety.
 
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 32280.1 is added to the 
 Education Code  , to read:  
   32280.1.  The department, in conjunction with the Governor's
Office of Emergency Services, the California Seismic Safety
Commission, and other organizations the department deems necessary,
shall develop and evaluate a plan for identifying the potential to
reduce injuries and loss of life among pupils and school employees by
establishing an earthquake early warning system.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 8680.3 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
   8680.3.  "Disaster" is defined to mean a fire, flood, storm, tidal
wave, earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar public
calamity that the Governor determines presents a threat to public
safety.