BILL NUMBER: SB 1065	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Alquist   Kehoe 

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2012

    An act to add and repeal Section 8870.56 of the
Government Code, relating to emergency preparedness.  
An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1065, as amended,  Alquist   Kehoe  .
 Emergency preparedness: earthquakes and fires: water
supplies.   State claims.  
   Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to report to the Legislature when a
sufficient appropriation is not available for the payment of a claim
against the state allowed by the board.  
   This bill would appropriate $167,329.15 from the General Fund to
the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to pay claims accepted by the board. The bill
would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a
form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees
from the specified Budget Act item of appropriation identified in the
bill to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2012.  
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.  
   Existing law creates within state government the Alfred E. Alquist
Seismic Safety Commission as an independent entity within the State
and Consumer Services Agency. Existing law requires the commission to
initiate a comprehensive program to prepare the state for responding
to major earthquakes and earthquake hazard mitigation. 

   This bill would require the commission to formulate a task force
on postearthquake firefighting with regard to water supplies, as
specified. The bill would require the task force to recommend
statewide guidelines and an implementation plan on postearthquake
firefighting and water supplies, and report those findings to the
Governor and the Legislature by July 1, 2013. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
 no   yes  . Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    (a) The sum of one hundred sixty-seven
thousand three hundred twenty-nine dollars and fifteen cents
($167,329.15) is hereby appropriated from the fund specified in
subdivision (b) to the Executive Officer of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board for the payment of claims
accepted by the board in accordance with the schedule set forth in
subdivision (b).  
   (b) Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the California
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall be paid in
accordance with the following schedule: 
 Total for Fund: General  ............ $167,329.15 
 Fund (0001) 


   SEC. 2.    Upon the request of the California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed by the
Controller, the Controller shall transfer surcharges and fees from
the Budget Act items of appropriation identified in subdivision (b)
of Section 1 of this act to Item 1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the
Budget Act of 2012. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this
amount shall not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing
fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government
Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section
905.2 of the Government Code. For those items in subdivision (b) that
do not reflect a Budget Act appropriation, the Controller shall
transfer an amount not to exceed the cumulative total of the per
claim filing fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of
the Government Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f)
of Section 905.2 of the Government Code. This amount shall be
transferred for the support of the board as reimbursements to Item
1870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012. The board
shall provide a report of the amounts recovered pursuant to this
authority to the Department of Finance within 90 days of the
enactment of this act. 
  SEC. 3.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to settle claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary for this act to
take effect immediately.  
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:
   (a) Fires following earthquakes are a significant problem in
California.
   (b) California, its people, and businesses are all highly exposed.
About nine and one-half million residential and one million
commercial property insurance policies were in effect in 2009, with a
total value of insured property of $4.7 trillion dollars.
   (c) Historically, every significant earthquake in California has
resulted in multiple simultaneous fires that have strained, and, at
least in 1906, overwhelmed, the fire service.
   (d) Studies show that a major earthquake in a metropolitan area of
California, such as the Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco Bay
area regions, will result in numerous ignitions and numerous water
distribution breaks.
   (e) Without water, firefighters may be able to save some lives,
but will be severely challenged in carrying out rescue, response, and
recovery missions.
   (f) Increased coordination between California's fire service and
water purveyor community is necessary to foster a level of
preparedness for fire following major earthquakes.  

  SEC. 2.    Section 8870.56 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   8870.56.  (a) The commission shall initiate, with the assistance
and participation of other federal, state, and local government
agencies, a joint fire-water agency task force composed of key senior
urban California fire chiefs and managers of water purveyor
departments to develop postearthquake firefighting water target
goals. On or before July 1, 2013, the task force shall recommend
statewide guidelines and an implementation plan for postearthquake
firefighting water supplies, and shall report those findings to the
Governor and the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795.
   (b) In implementing this section, the commission shall consult
with the following agencies:
   (1) California Emergency Management Agency.
   (2) Public Utilities Commission.
   (3) Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
   (4) Department of Water Resources.
   (c) The commission may, at its discretion, invite stakeholders to
participate in the development of the statewide guidelines and
implementation plan described in subdivision (a), including
stakeholders in any of the following areas:
   (1) Emergency management and disaster response.
   (2) Utility service, infrastructure, and management.
   (3) Fire prevention, engineering, enforcement, and response.
   (4) Water storage, management, safety, reliability, and
ecosystems.
   (d) The commission shall operate within its current budget as it
initiates the task force and implements subdivision (a).
   (e) Any department or agency that participates in the task force
shall operate within its current budget.
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.