BILL NUMBER: SB 1047	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Alquist and Correa
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano and Dickinson)

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2012

   An act to add  and repeal  Section 8594.10  to
  of  the Government Code, relating to emergency
services.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1047, as amended, Alquist. Emergency services:  missing
person: Endangered Missing Advisory.   seniors. 
   Existing law authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to
inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing
law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency
Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines
that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a
proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in
imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is
information available that, if disseminated to the general public,
could assist in the safe recovery of that person.
   This bill would require that if a person is reported missing to a
law enforcement agency, and that agency determines that certain
requirements are met, including, among others, that the missing
person is 65 years of age or older, the law enforcement agency shall
request the California Highway Patrol to activate a Silver Alert. The
bill would require the California Highway Patrol to, upon activation
of a Silver Alert, take certain actions to assist the agency
investigating the disappearance.  By imposing additional
duties on local law enforcement officials, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes   no  .


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8594.10 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8594.10.  (a) For purposes of this section, "Silver Alert" means a
notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed
to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to a person who is 65
years of age or older who is reported missing.
   (b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement
agency, and that agency determines that the requirements of
subdivision (c) are met, the agency  shall   may
 request the California Highway Patrol to activate a Silver
Alert. The California Highway Patrol shall activate a Silver Alert
within the geographical area requested by the investigating law
enforcement agency.
   (2) Radio, television, and cable and satellite systems are
encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the
information contained in a Silver Alert.
   (3) Upon activation of a Silver Alert, the California Highway
Patrol shall assist the investigating law enforcement agency by
issuing a be-on-the-lookout, an Emergency Digital Information Service
message, or an electronic flyer.
   (c) A law enforcement agency  shall   may
 request a Silver Alert be activated if that agency determines
that all of the following conditions are met in regard to the
investigation of the missing person:
   (1) The missing person is 65 years of age or older.
   (2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all
available local resources.
   (3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone
missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.
   (4) The law enforcement agency believes that the person is in
danger because of age, health, mental or physical disability,
environment or weather conditions, that the person is in the company
of a potentially dangerous person, or that there are other factors
indicating that the person may be in peril.
   (5) There is information available that, if disseminated to the
public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.