Existing law establishes in the Office of Emergency Services a thermal imaging equipment purchasing program under which the office acquires firefighting thermal imaging equipment on behalf of public agencies that provide fire suppression services. The director of the office is required to seek funding for the program from the private sector, grant programs, and other appropriate sources.
This bill would provide that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute, the Director of Finance, without regard to fiscal year, may transfer any moneys in the Federal Trust Fund to the Office of Emergency Services if moneys are made available by the United States for expenditure by the state for the purpose of providing financial assistance to rural fire departments providing emergency services in the region of the California-Mexico border any volunteer fire department that provides emergency services in a rural area of the state.