California Assembly Bill AB635 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 635AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 2, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member V. Manuel Perez FEBRUARY 25, 2009  An act relating to firefighters.   An act to add Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 13065) to Part 1 of Division 12 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to firefighting.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 635, as amended, V. Manuel Perez. Fire protection:  respiratory equipment.   air purifying devices.  Existing law establishes the State Board of Fire Services in the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the board to recommend the establishment of minimum standards with respect to specified elements of fire protection, including fire equipment. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require that wildland fire respiratory equipment be provided to firefighters and that would prohibit a public agency from restricting firefighters in the use of that equipment in a wildland fire   provide that a state or local agency shall not prohibit a firefighter from using an air purifying device during a wildland fire  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 13065) is added to Part 1 of Division 12 of the   Health and Safety Code   , to read:   CHAPTER 2.5. FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT 13065. A state or local agency, including a city, county, city and county, or district, shall not prohibit a firefighter from using an air purifying device during a wildland fire.   SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require that wildland fire respiratory equipment be provided to firefighters and that would prohibit a public agency from restricting firefighters in the use of that equipment in a wildland fire.