BILL NUMBER: SB 1151	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 8574.17 of the Government Code, relating
to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1151, as introduced, Hall. Emergency services: state toxic
disaster contingency plan.
   Existing law requires the Governor to establish a state toxic
disaster contingency plan that provides for an integrated and
effective state procedure to respond to the occurrence of toxic
disasters within the state.
   This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to post
the state toxic disaster contingency plan on its Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8574.17 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8574.17.  (a) (1) A state toxic disaster contingency plan
established pursuant to this article shall provide for an integrated
and effective state procedure to respond to the occurrence of toxic
disasters within the state. The plan shall provide for the
designation of a lead agency to direct strategy to ameliorate the
effects of a toxic disaster, for specified state agencies to
implement the plan, for interagency coordination of the training
conducted by state agencies pursuant to the plan, and for on-scene
coordination of response actions.
   (2) Notwithstanding any provision of the plan, the authority for
the management of the scene of an on-highway toxic spill or disaster
shall be vested in the appropriate law enforcement agency having
primary traffic investigative authority on the highway where the
incident occurs or in a local fire protection agency as provided by
Section 2454 of the Vehicle Code. During the preparation of the toxic
disaster contingency plan, the Office of Emergency Services shall
adopt the recommendations of the Department of the California Highway
Patrol in developing response and on-scene procedures for toxic
disasters which occur upon the highways, based upon previous studies
for such procedures, insofar as the procedures are not inconsistent
with the overall plan for initial notification of toxic disasters by
public agencies and for after-incident evaluation and reporting.
   (b) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish a central
notification and reporting system to facilitate operation of the
state toxic disaster response procedures designated by the toxic
disaster contingency plan. 
   (c) The Office of Emergency Services shall post the state toxic
disaster contingency plan on its Internet Web site.