BILL NUMBER: AB 54	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        DECEMBER 4, 2008

   An act relating to the California Emergency Management Agency.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 54, as introduced, Jeffries. State government: California
Emergency Management Agency.
   Existing law establishes, within the office of the Governor, the
California Emergency Management Agency under the supervision of a
Secretary of California Emergency Management.
   Existing law also establishes the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, within the Resources Agency, and the Office of the State
Fire Marshal, within that department. Existing law further
establishes, within the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State
Board of Fire Services, consisting of 18 members.
   Existing law establishes the Department of the California Highway
Patrol, within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, under
the supervision of the Commissioner of the California Highway
Patrol. Existing law also establishes, within the Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency, the Office of Traffic Safety,
under the supervision of a director.
   Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps, within
the Resources Agency, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority,
within the Health and Welfare Agency.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to transfer the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State Board of
Fire Services, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the
Office of Traffic Safety, the California Conservation Corps, and the
Emergency Medical Services Authority to the office of the Governor
under the California Emergency Management Agency.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to transfer the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State Board of
Fire Services, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the
Office of Traffic Safety, the California Conservation Corps, and the
Emergency Medical Services Authority to the office of the Governor
under the California Emergency Management Agency.