BILL ANALYSIS �
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
AB 2281 (Torres) - Emergencies: State 911 Advisory Board
Amended: June 27, 2012 Policy Vote: 9-4
Urgency: No Mandate: No
Hearing Date: August 16, 2012 Consultant:
Bob Franzoia
SUSPENSE FILE. AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
Bill Summary: AB 2281 would add two members selected by the
Legislature to the State 911 Advisory Board (board). This bill
would also require the board, upon request of a local public
agency, to conduct a hearing on any conflict between a local
public agency and the Public Safety Communications Division
regarding that agency's 911 emergency telephone system and cost
reimbursement decisions.
Fiscal Impact: Minor costs to add two board members.
Background: Under current law, the California 911 Emergency
Communications Office (office) within the California Technology
Agency develops and updates technical and operational standards
for 911 emergency telephone systems. Local public agencies are
required to comply with the technical and operational standards
developed by the office. The board advises the office on issues
relating to the state's 911 emergency telephone system.
Proposed Law: The State 911 Advisory Board has 11 members, with
the chief of the office as the nonvoting chair and the following
voting members:
- One representative from the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
- Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
Police Chiefs Association.
- Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
State Sheriffs' Association.
- Two representatives on the recommendation of the California
Fire Chiefs Association.
- Two representatives on the recommendation of the CalNENA
Executive Board.
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- One representative on the joint recommendation of the
executive boards of the state chapters of the Association of
Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, Inc.
Current law provides that the recommended members should have at
least two years of experience as a public safety answering point
manager or county coordinator. All board members serve at the
pleasure of the Governor for two-year terms and are limited to
two consecutive terms. The board is required to meet at least
quarterly in open session. Board members are not paid but may
be reimbursed for travel and per diem.
Government Code 53115.2 requires the board to (1) advise the
office on policies and procedures, technical and operational
standards for the 911 emergency telephone system, training
standards for county coordinators and public safety answering
point managers, the State Emergency Telephone Number Account
budget and local agency reimbursement decisions, and rollout of
Enhanced 911 technology and (2) to conduct hearings.
Related Legislation: AB 2459 (Torres) would require the
California 911 Emergency Communications Office to develop and
implement a public education campaign to instruct the public on
appropriate and inappropriate uses of the 911 emergency
telephone system. That bill is on the Suspense File.
AB 770 (Torres) 2011 would, among other things, add one
representative from the Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training and one representative from the Office of the State
Fire Marshal to the State 911 Advisory Board. That bill is on
the Suspense File.
The proposed amendment would strike out Section 3 (Government
Code 53115.2) which proposed requiring the board, upon request
of a local public agency, to conduct a hearing on any conflict
between a local public agency and the Public Safety
Communications Division regarding that agency's 911 emergency
telephone system and cost reimbursement decisions.
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