BILL NUMBER: SB 815INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senators Correa (Chair), Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, La Malfa, Negrete McLeod, and Rubio) FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act relating to civil air patrol. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 815, as introduced, Committee on Veterans Affairs. Emergency assistance: military: Civil Air Patrol. Existing federal law provides that the Civil Air Patrol is a federally chartered nonprofit corporation that is a volunteer civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force whose purposes, among others, include providing an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies and assisting the United States Department of the Air Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs and missions. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to recognize and clarify the role of Civil Air Patrol as an organization that assists the California Emergency Management Agency or the National Guard with respect to state emergencies. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to recognize and clarify the role of Civil Air Patrol as an organization that assists the California Emergency Management Agency or the National Guard with respect to state emergencies.