BILL NUMBER: AB 355	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  Cooley   Ting

    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Cooley   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

    An act relating to emergency medical services, and making
an appropriation therefor.   An act relating to
property tax agents. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 355, as amended,  Cooley   Ting  .
 Emergency medical services: mobile field hospitals.
  Property tax agents.  
   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.
 
   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.  
   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.  
   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. 
   Vote:  2/3   majority  . Appropriation:
 yes   no  . Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    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.
 
  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.  
  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.