Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3267Introduced by Assembly Member SmithFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 50078 Sections 8570.4 and 8607 of the Government Code, relating to fire suppression assessments. state government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3267, as amended, Smith. Fire suppression assessments. Office of Emergency Services: State Emergency Plan.Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter. The act also requires the office to complete an after-action report within 120 days after each declared disaster.This bill would require the office to coordinate with representatives of the access and functional needs population, as specified, when the office updates the State Emergency Plan. The bill would, instead, require the office to complete an after-action report within 180 days after each declared disaster.Existing law authorizes any local agency which provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency to determine and levy an assessment, in accordance with specified procedures, to pay for fire suppression services. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision described above authorizing a local agency that provides fire suppression services to determine and levy an assessment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8570.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.SEC. 2. Section 8607 of the Government Code is amended to read:8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.SECTION 1.Section 50078 of the Government Code is amended to read:50078.A local agency that provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, determine and levy an assessment for fire suppression services pursuant to this article. The assessment may be made for the purpose of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire suppression equipment or apparatus or for the purpose of paying the salaries and benefits of firefighting personnel, or both, whether or not fire suppression services are actually used by or upon a parcel, improvement, or property.
Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3267Introduced by Assembly Member SmithFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 50078 Sections 8570.4 and 8607 of the Government Code, relating to fire suppression assessments. state government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3267, as amended, Smith. Fire suppression assessments. Office of Emergency Services: State Emergency Plan.Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter. The act also requires the office to complete an after-action report within 120 days after each declared disaster.This bill would require the office to coordinate with representatives of the access and functional needs population, as specified, when the office updates the State Emergency Plan. The bill would, instead, require the office to complete an after-action report within 180 days after each declared disaster.Existing law authorizes any local agency which provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency to determine and levy an assessment, in accordance with specified procedures, to pay for fire suppression services. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision described above authorizing a local agency that provides fire suppression services to determine and levy an assessment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2020
Amended IN Assembly March 16, 2020
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3267
Introduced by Assembly Member SmithFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Smith
February 21, 2020
An act to amend Section 50078 Sections 8570.4 and 8607 of the Government Code, relating to fire suppression assessments. state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3267, as amended, Smith. Fire suppression assessments. Office of Emergency Services: State Emergency Plan.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter. The act also requires the office to complete an after-action report within 120 days after each declared disaster.This bill would require the office to coordinate with representatives of the access and functional needs population, as specified, when the office updates the State Emergency Plan. The bill would, instead, require the office to complete an after-action report within 180 days after each declared disaster.Existing law authorizes any local agency which provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency to determine and levy an assessment, in accordance with specified procedures, to pay for fire suppression services. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision described above authorizing a local agency that provides fire suppression services to determine and levy an assessment.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, requires the Office of Emergency Services to update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter. The act also requires the office to complete an after-action report within 120 days after each declared disaster.
This bill would require the office to coordinate with representatives of the access and functional needs population, as specified, when the office updates the State Emergency Plan. The bill would, instead, require the office to complete an after-action report within 180 days after each declared disaster.
Existing law authorizes any local agency which provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency to determine and levy an assessment, in accordance with specified procedures, to pay for fire suppression services.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision described above authorizing a local agency that provides fire suppression services to determine and levy an assessment.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 8570.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.SEC. 2. Section 8607 of the Government Code is amended to read:8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.SECTION 1.Section 50078 of the Government Code is amended to read:50078.A local agency that provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, determine and levy an assessment for fire suppression services pursuant to this article. The assessment may be made for the purpose of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire suppression equipment or apparatus or for the purpose of paying the salaries and benefits of firefighting personnel, or both, whether or not fire suppression services are actually used by or upon a parcel, improvement, or property.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 8570.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.
SECTION 1. Section 8570.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.
8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.
8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.
8570.4. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.
(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.
(2) As used in this subdivision, access and functional needs population has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.
SEC. 2. Section 8607 of the Government Code is amended to read:8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.
SEC. 2. Section 8607 of the Government Code is amended to read:
### SEC. 2.
8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.
8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.
8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.
8607. (a) 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 shall jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. The public water systems identified in Section 8607.2 may review and comment on these regulations prior to before adoption. This system shall be applicable, but not limited to, those emergencies or disasters referenced in the state emergency plan. The standardized emergency management system shall include all of the following systems as a framework for responding to and managing emergencies and disasters involving multiple jurisdictions or multiple agency responses:
(1) The Incident Command Systems adapted from the systems originally developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, including those currently in use by state agencies.
(2) The multiagency coordination system as developed by the FIRESCOPE Program.
(3) The mutual aid agreement, as defined in Section 8561, and related mutual aid systems such as those used in law enforcement, fire service, and coroners operations.
(4) The operational area concept, as defined in Section 8559.
(b) Individual agencies roles and responsibilities agreed upon and contained in existing laws or the state emergency plan are not superseded by this article.
(c) The Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with the State Fire Marshals office, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, and all other interested state agencies with designated response roles in the state emergency plan, shall jointly develop an approved course of instruction for use in training all emergency response personnel, consisting of the concepts and procedures associated with the standardized emergency management system described in subdivision (a).
(d) All state agencies shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency emergency and disaster operations.
(e) (1) Each local agency, in order to be eligible for any funding of response-related costs under disaster assistance programs, shall use the standardized emergency management system as adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to coordinate multiple jurisdiction or multiple agency operations.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), local agencies shall be eligible for repair, renovation, or any other nonpersonnel costs resulting from an emergency.
(f) The Office of Emergency Services shall, in cooperation with involved state and local agencies, complete an after-action report within 120 180 days after each declared disaster. This report shall review public safety response and disaster recovery activities and shall be made available to all interested public safety and emergency management organizations.
A local agency that provides fire suppression services directly or by contract with the state or a local agency may, by ordinance or by resolution adopted after notice and hearing, determine and levy an assessment for fire suppression services pursuant to this article. The assessment may be made for the purpose of obtaining, furnishing, operating, and maintaining fire suppression equipment or apparatus or for the purpose of paying the salaries and benefits of firefighting personnel, or both, whether or not fire suppression services are actually used by or upon a parcel, improvement, or property.