Bill Text: CA AB2399 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Fire protection districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-22 - Read first time. [AB2399 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2399-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2399 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Audra Strickland FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 13802 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to fire protection districts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2399, as introduced, Audra Strickland. Fire protection districts. Existing law, for purposes of the Fire Protection District Law of 1987, defines the term "city" to mean any city whether general law or charter, including a city and county, and including any city the name of which includes the word "town." This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this 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 13802 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 13802. As used in this part: (a) "City" means any city , whether general law or charter, including a city and county, and including any city the name of which includes the word "town." (b) "Day" means a calendar day. (c) "District" means a fire protection district created pursuant to this part or created pursuant to any lawwhichthat this part supersedes. (d) "District board," means the board of directors of a district. (e) "Employee" means any personnel of a district, including any regular or call firefighter hired and paid on a full-time or part-time basis, or any volunteer firefighter. "Employee" also includes any person who assists in the provision of any authorized emergency duty or service at the request of a person who has been authorized by the district board to request this assistance from other persons. (f) "Principal county" means the county having all or the greater portion of the entire assessed value, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the county or counties, of all taxable property within a district. (g) "Zone" means a service zone formed pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 13950).