Amended in Senate September 6, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 24, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 18, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 19, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 355

Introduced by Assembly Member begin delete Cooley end delete begin insert Ting end insert

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(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Cooley)

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February 13, 2013

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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 355, as amended, begin delete Cooley end delete   begin insert Ting end insert . begin delete Emergency medical services: mobile field hospitals. end delete begin insert Property tax agents. end insert

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Existing law requires county boards to meet to equalize the assessment of property on the local roll, as provided, and authorizes a taxpayer, represented in some circumstances by a property tax agent, to apply to a county assessment appeals board for an assessment reduction under a variety of circumstances, including for a reduction of the base year value, as defined, of real property.

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This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to improve the tax appeals process and create transparency by establishing a public registration process for property tax agents.

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Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority in the Health and Welfare Agency to administer a statewide system of coordinated emergency medical care, injury prevention, and disaster medical response.

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This bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Emergency Medical Services Authority to continue the Mobile Field Hospital program. The bill would also make legislative findings and declarations.

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Vote:  begin delete ²⁄₃ end delete begin insert majority end insert . Appropriation:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert . Fiscal committee:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the
property tax appeals process and create transparency by
establishing a public registration process for property tax agents.

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SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) California has a history of devastating natural disasters,
including, but not limited to, earthquakes and floods.

(b) The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast model
predicts that California will experience a magnitude 6.7 or larger
earthquake in the next 30 years.

(c) Mobile field hospitals have been deployed around the world
in response to natural disasters and public health emergencies.

(d) California invested in three 200 bed mobile field hospitals
as part of the state’s disaster preparedness plan to protect citizens
and provide critical medical services in a time of need. However,
due to a lack of programmatic funding, the state will be forced to
sell the mobile field hospitals at a fraction of the program’s initial
cost.

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SEC. 2.  

The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the Emergency Medical
Services Authority for purposes of continuing the Mobile Field
Hospital program.

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