BILL NUMBER: AB 918	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 8588.17 to the Government Code, relating to
emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 918, as introduced, Cooley. Emergency services: preparedness.
   The California Emergency Services Act sets forth the duties of the
Office of Emergency Services with respect to specified emergency
preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state.
   This bill would authorize the office to prepare, in voluntary
cooperation with specific local governmental and nongovernmental
entities, a specialized plan to mobilize senior citizens and disabled
persons during an emergency or natural disaster.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8588.17 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8588.17.  The Office of Emergency Services is authorized to
prepare a specialized plan to mobilize senior citizens and disabled
persons during an emergency or natural disaster in cooperation with
local governmental and nongovernmental entities that provide
transportation services to senior citizens and disabled persons and
that volunteer to participate in the preparation of the plan.