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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


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