BILL NUMBER: AB 867	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act  to add Section 21418 to the Public Utilities Code,
  relating to  emergency medical services  
aviation  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 867, as amended, Yamada.  Emergency medical services.
  Aeronautics: meteorological towers: database. 

   Existing law, the State Aeronautics Act, governs aeronautics in
this state.  Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation
to adopt, administer, and enforce rules and regulations for the
administration of the act.  The act, until January 1, 2018, requires
a meteorological tower, as defined, to be marked as prescribed if the
tower is located on prime agricultural land, as defined, or is
within one mile of prime agricultural land, and erected after January
1, 2013.  
   This bill would require the department to develop a database of
these meteorological towers.  
   Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the
Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, provides a
statewide system for emergency medical services by establishing the
Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the
coordination and integration of all state activities concerning
emergency medical services.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would ensure the safety of air medical personnel,
pilots, and patients while flying. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 21418 is added to the 
 Public Utilities Code   , to read:  
   21418.  The department shall develop a database of meteorological
towers, as defined in Section 21417.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would ensure the safety of air medical
personnel, pilots, and patients while flying.