Bill Text: CA AB1770 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Emergency services: Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission: seismic mitigation and earthquake early warning technology.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 212, Statutes of 2024. [AB1770 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1770-Amended.html
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SECTION 1. Section 8587.9 of the Government Code is amended to read: 8587.9.
Bill Title: Emergency services: Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission: seismic mitigation and earthquake early warning technology.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 212, Statutes of 2024. [AB1770 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1770-Amended.html
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Amended
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Senate
June 19, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1770
| Introduced by Committee on Emergency Management (Assembly Members Rodriguez (Chair), Aguiar-Curry, Alvarez, Calderon, Megan Dahle, Schiavo, and Waldron) |
March 22, 2023 |
An act to amend Section 8587.9 8589.75 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1770, as amended, Committee on Emergency Management.
Emergency services: Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs. mitigation and earthquake early warning technology.
Existing law creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services which, under the Director of Emergency Services, coordinates disaster response, emergency planning, emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster mitigation, and homeland security activities. Existing law includes findings and declarations of the Legislature that there is a critical need for a consistent and coordinated approach to seismic safety and earthquake-related programs in the state through the Office of Emergency Services. Existing law provides that this approach includes the coordination of state agencies and departments that have responsibilities to monitor and respond to, and to recover from, earthquakes and to assist the citizens and businesses in California.
establishes in the Office of Emergency Services the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission (commission) and requires the commission, among other things, to work with specified agencies to identify key activities and responsibilities related to seismic safety and develop a schedule to provide periodic updates to the commission on their activities in order to provide a consistent policy framework to track and monitor the activities of governmental agencies in the fields of earthquake preparedness and seismic safety. Existing law authorizes the commission to take various actions to support monitoring and tracking of these activities, as specified.
This bill would revise that statement to refer to residents instead of citizens.
The bill would state that this revision is declaratory of existing law. authorize the commission to coordinate with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Office of Emergency Services to take certain actions related to implementing and funding seismic mitigation activities and earthquake early warning technology, including collecting certain related information on fire stations in California, as specified. The bill would, by June 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, require the commission to provide a report to the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization describing the commission’s actions and conclusions pursuant to these provisions.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8589.75 of the Government Code is amended to read:8589.75.
(a) The commission exists as a separate unit within the Office of Emergency Services, and may recommend policies, hold meetings, hold hearings, set dates of the meetings or hearings, and positions on proposed state and federal legislation. The commission shall retain authority to issue reports, publications, and literature.(b) (1) At a minimum, the commission shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on its findings, progress, and recommendations related to activities of the commission and the state toward higher levels of seismic safety and any other seismic safety issues.
(2) The Legislature finds that numerous agencies at various levels of government have
substantial responsibilities in the fields of earthquake preparedness and seismic safety. To provide a consistent policy framework to track and monitor those activities, the commission shall, at a minimum, work with agencies that include, but are not limited to, the entities listed in subparagraphs (A) to (I), inclusive, to identify key activities and responsibilities related to seismic safety and develop a schedule to provide periodic updates to the commission on their activities. This information shall be summarized in the report required in paragraph (1) and include information to find additional information related to these activities therein:
(A) Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey.
(B) California Earthquake Authority.
(C) Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
(D) Department of Transportation.
(E) Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams.
(F) Public Utilities Commission.
(G) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(H) University of California.
(I) The California State University.
(c) (1) The commission may coordinate with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Office of Emergency Services to do any of the following:
(A) Develop a list of all fire stations in California and each station’s status in meeting the standards of the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986 (Article 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of Chapter 2 of Division 12.5 of the Health and Safety Code) to determine which stations are adequately designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards and to resist the forces generated by earthquakes, gravity, and winds.
(B) Collect data on the implementation of earthquake early warning technology in all fire stations in California and their interest in implementing that technology.
(C) Develop a template that can be used to request future funding for seismic mitigation activities related to the Essential Services Buildings Seismic Safety Act of 1986 (Article 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of Chapter 2 of
Division 12.5 of the Health and Safety Code) and earthquake early warning technology.
(D) Research other potential sources of funding for seismic mitigation activities and earthquake early warning technology.
(2) By June 30, 2024, and annually thereafter, the commission shall provide a report to the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization describing the commission’s actions and conclusions pursuant to paragraph (1).
(a)The Legislature finds and declares that there is a critical need for a consistent and coordinated approach to seismic safety and earthquake-related programs in the State of California through the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. These programs may include, but are not limited to, earthquake response, recovery, warning, mitigation, planning, research, preparedness, training and exercises, hazard grants, public information, and education. This approach includes the coordination of state agencies and departments that have responsibilities to monitor and respond to, and to recover from, earthquakes and to assist the residents
and businesses in California. In order to facilitate the requirements of Section 8587.8, the Legislature establishes the California Earthquake Safety Fund within the State Treasury.
(b)(1)The California Earthquake Safety Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in the fund shall be used for seismic safety and earthquake-related programs, including the statewide earthquake early warning system described in Section 8587.8.
(2)Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8587.8, the California Earthquake Safety Fund may accept federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, local funds, and funds from private sources for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section.
(c)The change made to this section by the act adding this subdivision does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, existing law.
