BILL NUMBER: AB 2453 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 12, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Rodriguez
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to amend Section 53115.1 of the Government Code, relating
to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2453, as amended, Rodriguez. Emergency services: State 911
Advisory Board.
Existing law establishes the State 911 Advisory Board which is
composed of 11 members who meet quarterly in public sessions and are
appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
This bill would increase the membership to 15
13 members, as specified.
This bill would also prohibit a representative from the
California Emergency Medical Services Authority, communications
industry, cellular technology or telecommunications industry, or
public safety communications field from being a member of the board
if, during the 2 years prior to appointment on the board, he or she
received a substantial portion of his or her income from a listed
professional category or industry.
Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, generally
prohibits a public official at any level of state or local government
from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to
use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision
in which he or she knows, or has reason to know, he or she has a
financial interest.
This bill would prohibit a member of the advisory board from
personally and substantially participating, as specified, in a claim,
contract, controversy, determination, plan, study, or other matter
in which the advisory board is a party or has an interest, if the
member of the advisory board has knowledge that he or she, his or her
spouse, minor child, or partner, or an organization, as specified,
for which the member of the advisory board currently serves as an
officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee or has served in
this position within the 2 year period prior to his or her
appointment to the advisory board has a direct or indirect financial
interest in the matter.
This bill would prohibit a member of the advisory board from
acting as an agent, attorney, or employee for any party other than
the state when the advisory board is a party to or has a direct,
substantial interest in a judicial or other proceeding, hearing,
application, request for a ruling, or other determination, contract,
claim, controversy, study, plan, or other particular matter.
This bill would also prohibit a representative from the California
Emergency Medical Services Authority, communications industry,
cellular technology or telecommunications industry, or public safety
communications field from being employed within a listed professional
category or industry within 2 years after he or she ceases to be a
member of the board.
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 53115.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
53115.1. (a) There is in state government the State 911 Advisory
Board.
(b) The advisory board shall be composed of the following members
appointed by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the
Governor:
(1) The Chief of the Public Safety Communications Division shall
serve as the nonvoting chair of the board.
(2) One representative from the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
(3) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
Police Chiefs Association.
(4) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
State Sheriffs' Association.
(5) Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
Fire Chiefs Association.
(6) Two representatives on the recommendation of the CalNENA
Executive Board.
(7) One representative on the joint recommendation of the
executive boards of the state chapters of the Association of
Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc.
(8) One representative from the California Emergency Medical
Services Authority.
(9) One representative with a background in the
communications telecommunications industry.
(10) One representative with an expertise in the technology of
cellular phones and telecommunications.
(11) One representative with a background in public safety
communications.
(c) (1) Recommending authorities shall give
great weight and consideration to the knowledge, training, and
expertise of the appointee with respect to their experience within
the California 911 system. Board members should have at least two
years of experience as a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) manager
or county coordinator, except where a specific person is designated
as a member.
(2) A representative from the California Emergency Medical
Services Authority, communications industry, cellular technology or
telecommunications industry, or public safety communications field
shall not be a member of the board if, during the two years prior to
appointment on the board, he or she received a substantial portion of
his or her income directly or indirectly from a professional
category or industry listed above.
(d) Members of the advisory board shall serve at the pleasure of
the Governor, but may not serve more than two consecutive two-year
terms, except as follows:
(1) The presiding Chief of the Public Safety Communications
Division shall serve for the duration of his or her tenure.
(2) Four of the members shall serve an initial term of three
years.
(e) Advisory board members shall not receive compensation for
their service on the board, but may be reimbursed for travel and per
diem for time spent in attending meetings of the board.
(f) The advisory board shall meet quarterly in public sessions in
accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2). The division shall provide administrative support to the
State 911 Advisory Board. The State 911 Advisory Board, at its first
meeting, shall adopt bylaws and operating procedures consistent with
this article and establish committees as necessary.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the
advisory board may designate a person to act as that member in his or
her place and stead for all purposes, as though the member were
personally present.
(h) (1) A member of the advisory board shall not personally and
substantially participate, through decision, approval, disapproval,
recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or otherwise,
in a claim, contract, controversy, determination, plan, study, or
other particular matter in which the advisory board is a party or has
an interest, if the member of the advisory board has knowledge that
he or she, his or her spouse, minor child, or partner, or an
organization for which the member of the advisory board currently
serves as an officer, director, trustee, partner, or employee or has
served in this position within the two year period prior to his or
her appointment to the advisory board has a direct or indirect
financial interest.
(2) A member of the advisory board shall not act as an agent,
attorney, or employee for any party other than the state when the
advisory board is a party to or has a direct, substantial interest in
a judicial or other proceeding, hearing, application, request for a
ruling, or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, study,
plan, or other particular matter.
(3) A representative from the California Emergency Medical
Services Authority, communications industry, cellular technology or
telecommunications industry, or public safety communications field
shall not be employed within a professional category or industry
listed above within two years after he or she ceases to be a member
of the board.
(4) For purposes of this subdivision, "organization" shall not
include a governmental agency or educational or research institution
that is a tax exempt, nonprofit organization.