Bill Text: CA AB760 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Orange County Fire Authority: Joint Forces Training Base.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB760 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB760-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 760	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio
   (Coauthor: Senator Correa)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 26495) to Part 3
of Division 2 of Title 3 to the Government Code, relating to the
Orange County Fire Authority.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 760, as introduced, Solorio. Orange County Fire Authority:
Joint Forces Training Base.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a local agency,
including a county, to contract with any other local agency for the
performance of municipal services or functions, including
firefighting services, within the other local agency's territory.
   This bill would require the state, by July 1, 2010, to enter into
a contract with the Orange County Fire Authority, as defined, to
authorize the authority to provide fire protection services,
paramedic services, aircraft rescue firefighting, dispatching
services, fire prevention services, and all other related services to
the Joint Forces Training Base in the City of Los Alamitos.
   The bill would make a Legislative declaration regarding the need
for a special statute.
   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.  The Legislature finds and hereby declares all of the
following:
   (a) The Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in Los Alamitos is home
to the California National Guard and Army Reserve.
   (b) Located in the heart of Orange County, the Joint Forces
Training Base has become the "Hub of Homeland Defense" for the
Southern California Region and is the home to the California
Emergency Management Agency, the National Guard Support Team 9, a 24
member weapons of mass destruction team, the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Eradication Program, and the Civil Air Patrol.
   (c) In addition, the base is utilized by the Sheriff of Orange
County, the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, and the police of the City
of Los Angeles for terrorism and mass disaster training, with plans
underway for a multijurisdictional, state-of-the-art training
facility.
   (d) The JFTB has performed its military-support role several
times, most notably during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
   (e) In 1992, the JFTB was the site for the arrival and assembly
area for law enforcement, National Guard, and active Army personnel
involved in quelling the widespread rioting in Los Angeles.
   (f) The 1994 Northridge earthquake also brought local, state, and
federal disaster relief agencies to the JFTB.
   (g) The JFTB is currently protected by a small seventeen member
fire department, providing a minimum level of fire, aircraft rescue
firefighting, emergency medical care, and fire prevention services.
   (h) The surrounding communities are protected by the Orange County
Fire Authority and enjoy the highest level of fire, Emergency
Medical Services (EMS), and other fire related services with an
economy of scale made possible only by its large size and efficient
management.
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 26495) is added to
Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 17.  ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY


   26495.  For purposes of this section the following definitions
shall apply:
   (a) "JFTB" means the Joint Forces Training Base located in the
City of Los Alamitos.
   (b) "Orange County Fire Authority" means that agency of Orange
County that provides fire protection and related services for 22
cities located in Orange County and the unincorporated area of that
county.
   26496.   (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the state shall enter into
a contract with the Orange County Fire Authority pursuant to this
chapter to authorize the Orange County Fire Authority to provide fire
protection services, paramedic services, aircraft rescue
firefighting services, dispatching services, fire prevention
services, and all other related services to the JFTB. The contract
shall authorize the Orange County Fire Authority to provide any
necessary state-of-the-art fire and emergency medical services to the
JFTB in the same manner as the authority provides to the surrounding
communities.
    (b) The contract shall require that all fire protection and
emergency medical services at JFTB be transferred, managed, and
provided by the Orange County Fire Authority.
   (c) The state shall, when entering into a contract pursuant to
this article, negotiate in good faith on behalf of the state and
shall conduct these negotiations in an expeditious manner, with both
parties working together to bring about a smooth and rapid completion
of negotiations and transition of services.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that due to unique
circumstances regarding the Orange County Fire Authority and the
Joint Forces Training Base located in the City of Los Angeles, a
general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of
Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.