BILL NUMBER: AB 955INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Mathis FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to amend Section 8680.3 of the Government Code, relating to disaster assistance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 955, as introduced, Mathis. Disaster assistance. Existing law, the California Disaster Assistance Act, defines the term "disaster" for its purposes as a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or other similar public calamity that the Governor determines presents a threat to public safety. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision. 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. Section 8680.3 of the Government Code is amended to read: 8680.3. "Disaster" means a fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, terrorism, epidemic, or any other similar public calamity that the Governor determines presents a threat to public safety.