Bill Text: CA SB937 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Disaster relief: County of Lake: fires.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SB937 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB937-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 937 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
An act to amend Section 8686 of the Government Code, relating to
disaster relief, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 937, as introduced, McGuire. Disaster relief: County of Lake:
fires.
The California Disaster Assistance Act generally provides that the
state share for disaster project allocations to local agencies is no
more than 75% of total state eligible costs, except for specified
events for which the state share is up to 100% of state eligible
costs.
This bill would add the forest fires that occurred in the County
of Lake in 2015 to the list of events for which the state share of
state eligible cost is up to 100%.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. 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 hereby finds and declares that in 2015
the County of Lake was ravaged by three incredibly destructive fires:
the Rocky, The Jerusalem, and the Valley complexes. Together these
fires burned a combined 170,623 acres, representing over half of the
area of the incidents managed by the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection statewide. The Valley fire by itself ranked as the third
worst in the history of California, destroying 1,955 structures and
causing over $1.3 billion in damages to the County of Lake.
SEC. 2. Section 8686 of the Government Code is amended to read:
8686. (a) For any eligible project, the state share shall amount
to no more than 75 percent of total state eligible costs.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the state share shall be up
to 100 percent of total state eligible costs connected with the
following events:
(1) The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake.
(2) The October 20, 1991, East Bay fire.
(3) The fires that occurred in southern California from October 1,
1993, to November 30, 1993, inclusive.
(4) The January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake.
(5) Storms that occurred in California during the periods
commencing January 3, 1995, and February 13, 1995, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(6) The storms that occurred in California in December of 1996 and
early January of 1997, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(7) The winter storms and flooding that occurred from February 1,
1998, to April 30, 1998, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
(8) The wildfires that occurred in southern California commencing
October 21, 2003, as specified in agreements between this state and
the United States for federal financial assistance.
(9) The December 22, 2003, San Simeon earthquake, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(10) The severe storms, flooding, debris flows, and mudslides that
occurred during December 27, 2004, to January 11, 2005, inclusive,
in southern California, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(11) The severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mud and debris
flows that occurred in southern California during the period from
February 16 16, 2005, to February 23,
2005, inclusive, as specified in agreements between this state and
the United States for federal financial assistance.
(12) The severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides that
occurred in northern California during the period from December 17,
2005, to January 3, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
(13) The severe storms and flooding that occurred in northern and
central California during the period from March 29, 2006, to April
16, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(14) The forest fires that occurred in the County of Lake in 2015.
(c) For any federally declared disaster subsequent to January 1,
1995, that the Legislature has designated in subdivision (b), the
state shall assume the increased share specified in subdivision (b)
in those cases where the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share of
costs.
(d) The state shall make no allocation for any project application
resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) under this section.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to timely provide essential relief to those persons who
have suffered damage or loss as a result of the forest fires that
occurred in the County of Lake in 2015, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.
