BILL NUMBER: AB 2051	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Tran

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 8588.17 to the Government Code, relating to
emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2051, as introduced, Tran. Emergency services: preparedness.
   The California Emergency Services Act establishes, within the
office of the Governor, the California Emergency Management Agency
and sets forth the duties of the agency and its secretary with
respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response
activities within the state.
   This bill would authorize the agency to prepare, in voluntary
cooperation with specific local governmental and nongovernmental
entities, a specialized plan to mobilize senior citizens and disabled
persons during an emergency or natural disaster.
   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 8588.17 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8588.17.  The California Emergency Management Agency is authorized
to prepare a specialized plan to mobilize senior citizens and
disabled persons during an emergency or natural disaster in
cooperation with local governmental and nongovernmental entities that
provide transportation services to senior citizens and disabled
persons and that volunteer to participate in the preparation of the
plan.