Bill Text: CA SB1151 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Emergency services: feasibility study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SB1151 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1151-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1151	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hall

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add  and repeal  Section 8588.4 to the
Government Code, relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1151, as amended, Hall. Emergency services: feasibility study.
   Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services within
the office of the Governor and under the supervision of the Director
of Emergency Services and makes the office responsible for the state'
s emergency and disaster response services for natural,
technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies.
   This bill would require the office to conduct a study to determine
the feasability of establishing a contract with the United States
Postal Service to obtain the assistance of the United States Postal
Service with emergency response during a declared disaster, as
specified.  This bill would require the office to prepare a
report on the findings of the study   and   submit
that report to the Legislature   on or before January 1,
2018. 
   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 8588.4 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8588.4.   (a)    The office shall conduct a
study to determine the feasibility of establishing a contract with
the United States Postal Service to obtain the assistance of the
United States Postal Service with emergency response services during
a declared disaster. The study shall include, but is not limited to,
an examination of the use of United States Postal Service employees,
resources, and assets to provide the following: 
   (a) 
    (1)  An identification of residential or commercial
structures that have been damaged as a result of a declared
emergency. 
   (b) 
    (2)  An identification of persons who reside in an area
damaged by a declared emergency, and any emergency medical or
physical needs of those persons. 
   (c) 
    (3)  Assistance in assessing damage to neighborhoods or
schools as a result of a declared emergency. 
   (d) 
    (4)  Any other activity that the office deems necessary
to assist in responding to a declared disaster. 
   (b) The office shall prepare a report on the findings of the study
required in subdivision (a) and submit that report to the
Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795, on or before January 1,
2018.  
   (c) This section shall be repealed on January 1, 2019.