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          Date of Hearing:   April 18, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                AB 2281 (Torres) - As Introduced:  February 24, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                              
          UtilitiesVote:14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill:

          1)Adds two members to the 9-1-1 Advisory Board-one appointed by 
            the Assembly Speaker and one appointed by the Chair of the 
            Senate Rules Committee.

          2)Prohibits board members from designating a substitute 
            representative to act on their behalf at board meetings.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact. Board members receive no compensation, 
          but may be reimbursed for travel and per diem.

          �The governor's proposed budget for 2012-13 proposes to 
          eliminate the board.]

           COMMENTS  

           Background and Purpose  . The 11-member board (all appointed by 
          the governor) meets quarterly and is charged with advising the 
          Public Safety Communications Division within the California 
          Technology Agency. The board consider issues of statewide 
          significance, including oversight of State-Emergency Telephone 
          Number Account (SETNA).  

          The 9-1-1 Strategic Plan, issued in 2009, included comments 
          expressing concerns regarding the effectiveness of the board and 
          the board's knowledge of public safety answering point (PSAP) 
          operations. One recommendation of this plan was to remove the 








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          ability of board members to assign substitutes at meetings.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081