BILL NUMBER: AB 2595	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Linder

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 8685.4 of the Government Code, relating to
disaster assistance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2595, as introduced, Linder. Disaster assistance: local agency
allocations.
   Under the California Disaster Assistance Act, a local agency is
required to make application to the Director of Emergency Services
for state financial assistance within 60 days after the date of the
proclamation of a local emergency.
   This bill would make technical, nonsustantive changes to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8685.4 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8685.4.   (a)    A local agency shall make
application to the director for state financial assistance within 60
days after the date of the proclamation of a local emergency. The
director may extend the time for this filing only under unusual
circumstances. No financial aid shall be provided until a state
agency, upon the request of the director, has first investigated and
reported upon the proposed work, has estimated the cost of the work,
and has filed its report with the director within 60 days from the
date the local agency made application, unless the director extends
the time because of unusual circumstances. The estimate of cost of
the work may include expenditures made by the local agency for the
work prior to the making of the estimate. If the reporting state
agency fails to report its findings within the 60-day period, and
time is not extended by the director, the director may complete the
investigation and recover a proportionate amount allocated to the
state agency for the balance of the investigation.  "Unusual
circumstances," as used above, are 
    (b)     For purposes of this section,
"unusual circumstances" are  unavoidable delays that result from
recurrence of a disaster, prolonged severe weather within a one-year
period, or other conditions beyond the control of the applicant.
Delays resulting from administrative procedures are not unusual
circumstances which warrant extensions of time.