BILL NUMBER: AB 1346	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 17, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 23, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 26, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gray
   (Principal coauthors: Senators Hertzberg and Hill)
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Alejo,   Dababneh,   Gatto,   Kim,
  Mullin,   Rodriguez,   and Wilk 
 ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Cannella   and Wieckowski   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 8587.8 of, and to add Section 8570.4 to
the Government Code, relating to state government, making an
appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1346, as amended, Gray. Office of Emergency Services: State
Emergency Plan and statewide earthquake early warning system.
   (1) The California Emergency Services Act requires the Governor to
coordinate the State Emergency Plan and any programs necessary for
the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state, as
specified. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to
update the State Emergency Plan, on or before  January 1,
  July 31,  2015, to include proposed best
practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use
to mobilize and evacuate people with disabilities, and others with
access and functional needs, during an emergency or natural disaster.

   This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to update
the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2018, and every 5
years thereafter, and would require the plan to be consistent with
specified state climate adaptation strategies.
   (2) Existing law requires the office, in collaboration with
 the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission and other
 specified entities, to develop a comprehensive statewide
earthquake early warning system in California through a
public-private partnership, as specified. Existing law requires the
office to identify funding for the system through single or multiple
sources of revenue, and requires those sources to exclude the General
Fund and to be limited to federal funds, funds from revenue bonds,
local funds, and funds from private sources. Under existing law, the
requirement that the office develop the system is not operative until
funding is identified, and is repealed if funding is not identified
by July 1, 2016.
   This bill would discontinue the requirement that the funding
sources for the system exclude the General Fund and be limited to
federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from
private sources. The bill would delete the provisions providing for
the repeal and the contingent operation of the requirement that the
office develop the system. The bill would appropriate $23,100,000
from the General Fund to the office for the purpose of implementing
the system.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8570.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8570.4.  (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the
State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2018, and every five
years thereafter.
   (b) The State Emergency Plan shall be consistent with the
following state climate adaptation strategies:
   (1) The Safeguarding California Plan published by the Natural
Resources Agency.
   (2) The California Climate Adaptation Planning Guide published by
the Natural Resources Agency and the Office of Emergency Services.
   (3) To the extent applicable, the Internet Web site 
www.cal-adapt.org   cal-adapt.org  published by the
California Energy Commission.
  SEC. 2.  Section 8587.8 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   8587.8.  (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration
with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the California
Geological Survey, the University of California, the United States
Geological Survey, the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission,
and other stakeholders, shall develop a comprehensive statewide
earthquake early warning system in California through a
public-private partnership, which shall include, but not be limited
to, the following features:
   (1) Installation of field sensors.
   (2) Improvement of field telemetry.
   (3) Construction and testing of central processing and
notification centers.
   (4) Establishment of warning notification distribution paths to
the public.
   (5) Integration of earthquake early warning education with general
earthquake preparedness efforts.
   (b) In consultation with stakeholders, the Office of Emergency
Services shall develop an approval mechanism to review compliance
with earthquake early warning standards as they are developed. The
development of the approval mechanism shall include input from a
broad representation of earthquake early warning stakeholders. The
approval mechanism shall accomplish all of the following:
   (1) Ensure the standards are appropriate.
   (2) Determine the degree to which the standards apply to providers
and components of the system.
   (3) Determine methods to ensure compliance with the standards.
   (4) Determine requirements for participation in the system.
   (c) The Office of Emergency Services shall identify funding for
the system described in subdivision (a) through single or multiple
sources of revenue.
  SEC. 3.  The sum of twenty-three million one hundred thousand
dollars ($23,100,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to
the Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of implementing a
comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system pursuant to
Section 8587.8 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 4.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to protect the public from the continuing threat of loss
of life and property damage due to earthquakes, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.