BILL NUMBER: SB 1047	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Alquist and Correa
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano and Dickinson)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Hill and Jeffries)

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 8594.10 of the Government Code,
relating to emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1047, Alquist. Emergency services: seniors.
   Existing law authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to
inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing
law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency
Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines
that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a
proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in
imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is
information available that, if disseminated to the general public,
could assist in the safe recovery of that person.
   This bill would require that if a person is reported missing to a
law enforcement agency, and that agency determines that certain
requirements are met, including, among others, that the missing
person is 65 years of age or older, the law enforcement agency shall
request the California Highway Patrol to activate a Silver Alert. The
bill would require the California Highway Patrol to activate a
Silver Alert upon request if it concurs with the law enforcement
agency that specified requirements are met. The bill would require
the California Highway Patrol to, upon activation of a Silver Alert,
take certain actions to assist the agency investigating the
disappearance. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1,
2016.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8594.10 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8594.10.  (a) For purposes of this section, "Silver Alert" means a
notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed
to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to a person who is 65
years of age or older who is reported missing.
   (b) (1) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement
agency, and that agency determines that the requirements of
subdivision (c) are met, the agency may request the California
Highway Patrol to activate a Silver Alert. If the California Highway
Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, it
shall activate a Silver Alert within the geographical area requested
by the investigating law enforcement agency.
   (2) Radio, television, and cable and satellite systems are
encouraged to, but not required to, cooperate with disseminating the
information contained in a Silver Alert.
   (3) Upon activation of a Silver Alert, the California Highway
Patrol shall assist the investigating law enforcement agency by
issuing a be-on-the-lookout alert, an Emergency Digital Information
Service message, or an electronic flyer.
   (c) A law enforcement agency may request a Silver Alert be
activated if that agency determines that all of the following
conditions are met in regard to the investigation of the missing
person:
   (1) The missing person is 65 years of age or older.
   (2) The investigating law enforcement agency has utilized all
available local resources.
   (3) The law enforcement agency determines that the person has gone
missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.
   (4) The law enforcement agency believes that the person is in
danger because of age, health, mental or physical disability,
environment or weather conditions, that the person is in the company
of a potentially dangerous person, or that there are other factors
indicating that the person may be in peril.
   (5) There is information available that, if disseminated to the
public, could assist in the safe recovery of the missing person.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date.