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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1679
          Author:   Torres (D)
          Amended:  08/02/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE RULES COMMITTEE  :  4-0, 8/4/10
          AYES:  Cedillo, Dutton, Aanestad, Steinberg
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Oropeza

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  73-0, 05/06/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill designates the second full week of  
          April of each year as California Public Safety  
          Telecommunicators Week for the purpose of heightening  
          citizen awareness of the great importance of 911 service  
          and its role in keeping the public safe.  The bill requires  
          the Governor and the Legislature to annually issue  
          proclamations and resolutions, as specified 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.

           ANALYSIS  :    AB 515, Chapter 1005, Statutes of 1972, adds  
          Government Code Section 53100, which requires the  
          establishment of specified uniform emergency telephone  
          services by December 31, 1982.  
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          It was considered to be a matter of statewide concern and  
          interest to all inhabitants and citizens of this state, to  
          develop a simplified means of procuring emergency services.  
           
          
          The purpose of the act was to establish the number "911" as  
          the primary emergency telephone number for use in this  
          state and to encourage units of local government and  
          combinations of such units to develop and improve emergency  
          communication procedures and facilities in such a manner as  
          to be able to quickly respond to any person calling the  
          telephone number "911" seeking police, fire, medical,  
          rescue, and other emergency services.

          This bill designates the second full week in April of each  
          year, commencing in 2011, as California Public Safety  
          Telecommunicators Week, to heighten citizen awareness of  
          the great importance of the 911 service and its role in  
          keeping the public safe.  This bill 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.

           Background

           Since 1994, the National Public Safety Telecommunicator  
          Week has dedicated the second full week of April to the men  
          and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators. 

          ACR 37, Resolution Chapter 35, Statutes of 2009,  
          established the week beginning April 12, 2009, as  
          California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

           Comments

           Public safety telecommunicators are frequently the first  
          point of contact in California's public safety system.   
          According to the author, "The women and men who work in the  
          nation's 911 system perform jobs that are crucial to the  
          safety of the public.  These are high stress, high  
          responsibility positions that require real courage and  







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          grace under pressure.  These women and men are fully  
          deserving of our state's recognition and respect."

           Prior/Related Legislation
           
          Similar laws have been passed to recognize Braille literacy  
          AB 2460 (Aguiar) Chapter 104, Statutes of 1994, and youth  
          achievement, SB 2539 (B. Greene), Chapter 397, Statutes of  
          1990 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/3/10)

          Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
          Los Angeles Police Protective League
          Riverside Sheriffs' Association
          Sandra Hutchens, Sheriff-Coroner, Orange County


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,  
            Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles  
            Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De  
            Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,  
            Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,  
            Garrick, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,  
            Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,  
            Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,  
            Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,  
            Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,  
            Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Block, De La Torre, Gilmore,  
            Mendoza, Norby, Vacancy


          DLW:do  8/5/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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