BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 50
Author: Nava (D), et al
Amended: 10/14/09 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SUBJECT : Disaster relief
SOURCE : County of San Diego
DIGEST : Senate Floor Amendments of 10/14/09 provides
language to avoid a chaptering out conflict between this
bill and AB 1568 (Salas), Chapter 299, Statutes of 2009,
which was signed into law on Sunday, October 11, 2009,
relating to disaster relief for various California Southern
California wildfires. Additionally, the proposed
amendments strike linking language ) Chapter 12.5, Chapter
13.5, and Chapter 17 of the bill) that is no longer
necessary since the Governor vetoed both AB 666 (Jones) and
SB 505 (Kehoe) on October 11, 2009.
ANALYSIS : On November 14, 2008, Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency declaring
the wildfires that occurred in Santa Barbara County to be a
state disaster. On November 18, 2008, President George W.
Bush proclaimed a federal disaster for the wildfires that
occurred in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and Santa
Barbara Counties. On May 5, 2009, Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency declaring
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the wildfires that occurred in Santa Barbara County to be a
state disaster. As of June 19, 2009, President Barack
Obama had not proclaimed a federal disaster for this
wildfire.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
TSM:do 10/14/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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