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AB-1303 California Emergency Services Act: disaster preparedness.(2023-2024)

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Date Published: 02/16/2023 09:00 PM
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 1303


Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez

February 16, 2023


An act to add Section 8607.3 to the Government Code, relating to state government.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1303, as introduced, Rodriguez. California Emergency Services Act: disaster preparedness.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-induced disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters on people and property. Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with all interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan and interested local emergency management agencies, is required to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies.
This bill would require the California State Warning Center, within the Office of Emergency Services, to develop a process for private-sector fuel transporters to voluntarily share information, as specified, for the purpose of providing fuel to local and state public-safety agencies actively involved in responding to or recovering from a disaster.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 8607.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:

8607.3.
 The California State Warning Center, within the Office of Emergency Services, shall develop a process for private-sector fuel transporters to voluntarily share the following information for the purpose of providing fuel to local and state public-safety agencies actively involved in responding to or recovering from a disaster:
(a) Amount of fuel being transported or scheduled to be transported.
(b) Location of fuel available to be transported.