BILL NUMBER: AB 955	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mathis

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 8680.3 of the Government Code, relating to
disaster assistance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 955, as introduced, Mathis. Disaster assistance.
   Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, defines the
term "disaster" for its purposes as a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave,
earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar public calamity
that the Governor determines presents a threat to public safety.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8680.3 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8680.3.  "Disaster" means a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave,
earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or  any  other similar
public calamity that the Governor determines presents a threat to
public safety.