Bill Text: CA AB928 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Earthquake early warning system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB928 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB928-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 928	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

    An act to add Section 32280.1 to the Education Code,
relating to school safety.   An act to add Section
185039 to the Public Utilities Code, relati   ng to
earthquake safety. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 928, as amended, Blakeslee.  School safety: earthquake
early warning system.   Earthquake early warning system.
 
   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with various
powers and duties relative to implementation of an intercity
high-speed train system. Existing law creates the Alfred E. Alquist
Seismic Safety Commission and the California Emergency Management
Agency with various powers and duties relative to earthquake hazard
mitigation and governmental responses to calamities, respectively.
 
   This bill would require the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop
an earthquake early warning system and coordinate development of that
system with the California Emergency Management Agency, the
Department of Education, and the Public Utilities Commission. The
bill would require the earthquake early warning system to be designed
to protect the lives of high-speed train passengers and
schoolchildren, and protect critical infrastructure in this state by
providing advanced earthquake warning and by enabling preventive
measures seconds before an earthquake.  
   Existing law states findings of the Legislature regarding the
generally acknowledged fact that California will experience moderate
to severe earthquakes in the foreseeable future and declares that
increased efforts to reduce earthquake hazards should be encouraged
and supported. Existing law requires each school district and county
office of education to develop comprehensive school safety plans that
include establishing an earthquake emergency procedure system in
every public school building having an occupant capacity of 50 or
more pupils or more than one classroom. Existing law also requires
the governing board of each private school to establish an earthquake
emergency procedure system in every private school building under
its jurisdiction having an occupant capacity of 50 or more pupils or
more than one classroom.  
   This bill would require the State Department of Education, in
conjunction with other agencies, to develop and evaluate a plan for
identifying the potential to reduce injuries and loss of life among
pupils and school employees by establishing an earthquake early
warning system. 
   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 185039 is added to the 
 Public Utilities Code   , to read:  
   185039.  The authority, pursuant to the November 2005 "California
High-Speed Train Final Program EIR/EIS: Volume 1 Chapter 3.2.3,
Safety-Environment" (pages 3.2 to 3.23, inclusive), shall develop an
earthquake early warning system. The authority shall coordinate
development of this system with the California Emergency Management
Agency, the Department of Education, and the Public Utilities
Commission. The earthquake early warning system shall be designed to
protect the lives of high-speed train passengers and schoolchildren,
and protect critical infrastructure in this state by providing
advanced earthquake warning and by enabling preventive measures
seconds before an earthquake.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 32280.1 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   32280.1.  The department, in conjunction with the Governor's
Office of Emergency Services, the California Seismic Safety
Commission, and other organizations the department deems necessary,
shall develop and evaluate a plan for identifying the potential to
reduce injuries and loss of life among pupils and school employees by
establishing an earthquake early warning system.