BILL NUMBER: AB 54	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        DECEMBER 4, 2008

   An act relating to the California Emergency Management Agency.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 54, as amended, 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  Natural  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  Natural  Resources Agency, and the Emergency Medical
Services Authority, within the  Health and Welfare 
 California Health and Human Services  Agency.
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to transfer   require  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   create a working group,
by March 1, 2010, to prepare a Governor's Reorganization Plan that
would transfer the authorities and duties of those departments,
offices, and entities to the California Emergency Management Agency.
The bill would require the working group to develop the proposed
Governor's Reorganization Plan, so that the Governor may transmit the
plan to the Legislature for approval during the 2011 portion of the
2011-12 Regular Session of the Legislature. The bill would require
the plan to provide that it would become operative no later than
January 1, 2012  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    (a) On or before March 1, 2010, 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 shall create a working group to prepare a Governor's
Reorganization Plan in accordance with Article 7.5 (commencing with
Section 12080) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, that would transfer the authorities and duties of
these departments, offices, and entities to the California Emergency
Management Agency, as created pursuant to Section 8585 of the
Government Code.  
   (b) The working group created pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
develop the proposed Governor's Reorganization Plan so that the
Governor may transmit the plan to the Legislature for approval during
the 2011 portion of the 2011-12 Regular Session of the Legislature.
 
   (c) The Governor's Reorganization Plan developed pursuant to this
section shall provide that the plan shall become operative no later
than January 1, 2012.  
  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.