BILL ANALYSIS
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1679 (Torres)
As Introduced January 25, 2010
Majority vote
UTILITIES & COMMERCE 14-0
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|Ayes:|Knight, Buchanan, Carter, | | |
| |Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, | | |
| |Fuller, Furutani, | | |
| |Huffman, Ma, Skinner, | | |
| |Swanson, Villines, | | |
| |Bradford | | |
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SUMMARY : Establishes the California Public Safety
Telecommunicators Week. Specifically, this bill :
1)Makes various findings and declarations pertaining to the
state's emergency responders and emergency response system.
2)Designates the second full week in April, beginning in 2011,
as California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week for the
purpose of raising awareness of the great importance of 911
service and its role in keeping the public safe.
3)Requires the Governor and the Legislature to annually issue
proclamations and resolutions that draw public attention to
the week in order to encourage the private sector and state
and local agencies to initiate activities recognizing public
safety telecommunicators.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : The author states that the women and men who work in
the nation's 911 system perform jobs that are crucial to the
safety of the public in responding to requests for response and
help in emergencies. These are high stress, high responsibility
positions that require real courage - grace under pressure and
deserve our state's recognition and respect.
Since 1994, the National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week has
dedicated the second full week of April to the men and women who
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serve as public safety telecommunicators.
The Legislature first established a California Public Safety
Telecommunicators' Week in 2009 (ACR 37, Torres and others).
ACR 107 (Torres), which passed the Assembly in March, designates
the week beginning April 11, 2010, as California Public Safety
Telecommunicators' Week.
This bill makes these resolutions permanent in statute. Similar
laws have been passed to recognize Braille literacy and youth
achievement.
Analysis Prepared by : Gina Adams / U. & C. / (916) 319-2083
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