BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Jared William Huffman, Chair
SB 1443 (Simitian) - As Amended: April 14, 2010
SENATE VOTE : 36-0
SUBJECT : Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard
Coordination Task Force
SUMMARY : Extends the expiration date of the Task Force to the
date it submits its report to the Legislature. Specifically,
this bill :
1)Changes the date on which the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Multi-Hazard Coordination Task Force would cease to exist,
from "on or before January 1, 2011", to the date on which the
Task Force submits its report with strategy and
recommendations for the emergency preparedness in the Delta
region to the Legislature and the Governor, and
2)Extends the sunset date of the law to January 1, 2013, unless
a later enacted statute deletes or extends that date.
EXISTING LAW The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Emergency
Preparedness Act of 2008 (SB 27, Chapter 608, Statutes of 2008)
requires the Office of Emergency Services (now called the
California Emergency Management Agency, or Cal-EMA) to establish
the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard Coordination Task
Force, upon the availability of funding.
The task force is to be led by Cal-EMA, and is to include the
Delta Protection Commission, the Department of Water Resources,
and a single representative from each of the five Delta
counties.
The Task Force is charged to do the following:
1)Make recommendations to Cal-EMA relating to the creation of an
interagency unified command system organizational framework.
2)Coordinate the development of a draft emergency preparedness
and response strategy for the Delta region.
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3)Develop and conduct an all-hazard emergency response exercise
in the Delta, designed to test regional coordination protocols
already in place.
The task force is required to submit a report with its strategy
and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor prior to
January 1, 2011, and shall cease to exist on or before January
1, 2011.
These provisions sunset on January 1, 2011.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : According to the author, there is a possibility that
the Task Force will not complete its work and submit the report
on time (because of furloughs at Cal-EMA), and, given the way
the statute (SB 27) was written, the consequences of missing the
deadline are an even greater delay.
Cal EMA believes that they will finish on time by January 1,
2011; however, if they are delayed, under the current law the
Task Force would have to come back to the Legislature in 2011 to
seek reauthorization for their work. This in turn would further
delay the ultimate work product. Extending the life of the Task
Force until the required report is submitted to the Legislature
will eliminate the risk of additional delay should the Task
Force not complete its work by January 1, 2011.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Igor Lacan / W., P. & W. / (916)
319-2096