Bill Text: CA AB18 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Disaster relief: South Napa Earthquake.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-4)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB18 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB18-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 18	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dodd
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Wolk)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonilla)

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to amend Section 8686 of the Government Code, relating to
disaster relief, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 18, as introduced, Dodd. Disaster relief: South Napa
Earthquake.
   The California Disaster Assistance Act generally provides that the
state share for disaster project allocations to local agencies is no
more than 75% of total state eligible costs, except for specified
events for which the state share is up to 100% of state eligible
costs.
   This bill would add the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake, to
the list of events for which the state share of state eligible cost
is up to 100% and exempt the county from a specified planning
requirement as a condition of receiving this level of assistance.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8686 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   8686.  (a) For any eligible project, the state share shall amount
to no more than 75 percent of total state eligible costs.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the state share shall be up
to 100 percent of total state eligible costs connected with the
following events:
   (1) The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake.
   (2) The October 20, 1991, East Bay fire.
   (3) The fires that occurred in southern California from October 1,
1993, to November 30, 1993, inclusive.
   (4) The January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake.
   (5) Storms that occurred in California during the periods
commencing January 3, 1995, and February 13, 1995, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
   (6) The storms that occurred in California in December of 1996 and
early January of 1997, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
   (7) The winter storms and flooding that occurred from February 1,
1998, to April 30, 1998, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
   (8) The wildfires that occurred in southern California commencing
October 21, 2003, as specified in agreements between this state and
the United States for federal financial assistance.
   (9) The December 22, 2003, San Simeon earthquake, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
   (10) The severe storms, flooding, debris flows, and mudslides that
occurred during December 27, 2004, to January 11, 2005, inclusive,
in southern California, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
   (11) The severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mud and debris
flows that occurred in southern California during the period from
February 16 to February 23, 2005, inclusive, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
   (12) The severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides that
occurred in northern California during the period from December 17,
2005, to January 3, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
   (13) The severe storms and flooding that occurred in northern and
central California during the period from March 29, 2006, to April
16, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance. 
   (14) The August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake. 
   (c) For any federally declared disaster subsequent to January 1,
1995, that the Legislature has designated in subdivision (b), the
state shall assume the increased share specified in subdivision (b)
in those cases where the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share of
costs.
   (d) The state shall make no allocation for any project application
resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) under this section.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to timely provide essential relief to those persons who
have suffered damage or loss as a result of the August 24, 2014,
South Napa Earthquake, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.