CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2730Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 20, 2020 An act relating to emergency services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2730, as introduced, Cervantes. Paratransit providers.Existing law defines a paratransit vehicle as a passenger vehicle, except as provided, that is operated for hire by a business, nonprofit organization, or the state, or a political subdivision of the state utilizing drivers who receive compensation for their services and who spend a majority of their workweek operating a passenger vehicle and that is regularly used to provide transportation services to specified individuals, including, but not limited to, persons with a developmental disability. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to provide technical assistance to paratransit providers who may wish to explore coordination strategies but lack the capability to develop and implement those strategies. Existing law required, on or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to mobilize and evacuate people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs during an emergency or natural disaster.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2730Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 20, 2020 An act relating to emergency services.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2730, as introduced, Cervantes. Paratransit providers.Existing law defines a paratransit vehicle as a passenger vehicle, except as provided, that is operated for hire by a business, nonprofit organization, or the state, or a political subdivision of the state utilizing drivers who receive compensation for their services and who spend a majority of their workweek operating a passenger vehicle and that is regularly used to provide transportation services to specified individuals, including, but not limited to, persons with a developmental disability. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to provide technical assistance to paratransit providers who may wish to explore coordination strategies but lack the capability to develop and implement those strategies. Existing law required, on or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to mobilize and evacuate people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs during an emergency or natural disaster.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2730 Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 20, 2020 Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes February 20, 2020 An act relating to emergency services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2730, as introduced, Cervantes. Paratransit providers. Existing law defines a paratransit vehicle as a passenger vehicle, except as provided, that is operated for hire by a business, nonprofit organization, or the state, or a political subdivision of the state utilizing drivers who receive compensation for their services and who spend a majority of their workweek operating a passenger vehicle and that is regularly used to provide transportation services to specified individuals, including, but not limited to, persons with a developmental disability. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to provide technical assistance to paratransit providers who may wish to explore coordination strategies but lack the capability to develop and implement those strategies. Existing law required, on or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to mobilize and evacuate people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs during an emergency or natural disaster.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. Existing law defines a paratransit vehicle as a passenger vehicle, except as provided, that is operated for hire by a business, nonprofit organization, or the state, or a political subdivision of the state utilizing drivers who receive compensation for their services and who spend a majority of their workweek operating a passenger vehicle and that is regularly used to provide transportation services to specified individuals, including, but not limited to, persons with a developmental disability. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to provide technical assistance to paratransit providers who may wish to explore coordination strategies but lack the capability to develop and implement those strategies. Existing law required, on or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to mobilize and evacuate people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs during an emergency or natural disaster. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements with paratransit providers to aid in the evacuation of the access and functional needs population in an emergency. ### SECTION 1.