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          Date of Hearing:   July 18, 2007

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mark Leno, Chair

                     SB 296 (Dutton) - As Amended:  June 4, 2007 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental  
          Organization Vote:                            14 - 0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill provides a new funding mechanism for the Office of  
          Emergency Services (OES) to implement the Public-Private  
          Partnership for the Emergency Services Program. Specifically,  
          this bill: 

          1)Changes the name of the Disaster Resistant Communities Account  
            (DSRA) to the Disaster Resistant Communities Fund.

          2)Moves the new fund from the General Fund to the State  
            Treasury.

          3)Deletes the requirement that any new activities be contingent  
            on donations to the account and instead requires that the  
            program be implemented only to the extent that cash or in-kind  
            contributions are received from the private sector or grant  
            funding is received from the federal government.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . This bill is intended to make minor clarifying changes  
          to SB 546 (Dutton; Chapter 232, Statutes of 2005), which created  
          the DSRA and authorized OES to develop public-private  
          partnerships for coordinating emergency preparedness efforts.

          OES contends that SB 296 is necessary to ensure that the funding  
          mechanisms for the partnerships is not limited to just private  








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          donations but rather can include federal grant money and in-kind  
          contributions.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081