BILL ANALYSIS
SB 828
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 828 (Governmental Organization Committee)
As Introduced March 19, 2009
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :36-0
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 17-0APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Coto, Anderson, Cook, De |Ayes:|De Leon, Conway, Ammiano, |
| |Leon, Galgiani, Hall, | | |
| |Hill, Jeffries, Lieu, | |Charles Calderon, Coto, |
| |Mendoza, Nestande, | |Davis, Duvall, Fuentes, |
| |V. Manuel Perez, | |Hall, Harkey, Miller, |
| |Portantino, Silva, | |John A. Perez, Skinner, |
| |Torres, Torrico, Tran | |Solorio, Audra |
| | | |Strickland, Torlakson, |
| | | |Hill |
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SUMMARY : Makes a number of minor, technical and nonsubstantive
changes to the Public Safety Communications Act of 2002.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Recognizes the California Statewide Interoperability Executive
Committee (CALSIEC) in state law.
2)Renames the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee
(PSRSPC) the Public Safety Emergency Communications Strategic
Planning Committee.
3)Replaces outdated references to the former Office of Emergency
Services (OES) and the former Office of Homeland Security
(OHS) with a reference to the newly formed
California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA).
4)Makes other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes in state government PSRSPC, a multimember body
with representatives of specified state agencies, with duties
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that include developing and implementing a statewide
integrated public safety communication system that facilitates
interoperability among state public safety departments and
other first response agencies.
2)Requires PSRSPC to meet at least twice a year, of which one
meeting shall be a joint meeting with CALSIEC.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, negligible costs associated with this bill.
COMMENTS : According to the author, this bill replaces
references in the law to the former OES and the former OHS with
a reference to the Cal EMA. AB 38 (Nava), Chapter 372, Statutes
of 2008, merged OES and OHS into the newly formed Cal EMA.
The author states that this bill corrects references in the
Public Safety Communications Act of 2002 to reflect the merger.
According to the author, CALSIEC was established
administratively by OES in 2003 in response to a Federal
Communications Commission recommendation that each state
establish a "statewide interoperability executive committee" to
manage the entire federally-designated interoperability spectrum
in the state. CALSIEC is one of the two committees in state
government charged with developing a statewide interoperable
communications network. CALSIEC's strength is in its charter,
to work vertically with all first response agencies at all
levels of government (federal, state, local and tribal) whereas
PSRSPC's emphasis is to work horizontally with state-level first
response agencies. This bill will formally recognize CALSIEC in
law to clearly identify the committees in California that are
responsible for developing a statewide interoperable
communications network.
Analysis Prepared by : Rod Brewer / G. O. / (916) 319-2531
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