Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1103Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 18, 2021 An act to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to add Section 13105.6 to the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 409.5 of the Penal Code, relating to agricultural lands. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1103, as amended, Megan Dahle. Agricultural lands: farmers and producers: agricultural pass program: disaster access to farm lands. farmlands.Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to examine persons who desire to become county agricultural commissioners or deputy county agricultural commissioners. Existing law requires the county agricultural commissioner to be responsible for local administration of enforcement and requires the secretary to be responsible for overall statewide enforcement, as provided. Existing law requires the secretary to furnish assistance in planning and otherwise developing an adequate county enforcement program, including uniformity, coordination, training, special services, special equipment, and forms, statewide publicity, statewide planning, and emergency assistance.This bill would authorize, upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other designated agency, to establish within the county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, as defined, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property property, or to the farm or ranch property owned by another holder of an agricultural pass with permission, during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster, as provided. To the extent this bill would impose a new duty on a county board of supervisors in approving the agricultural pass program, the bill would impose a state-mandated program. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, to develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for this agricultural pass program. Existing law authorizes specified law enforcement and public safety officers and professionals to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity, including flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, as provided. This bill would provide that the above provision does not apply to an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, except as provided. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) is added to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2)(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first. SEC. 2. Section 13105.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.SEC. 3. Section 409.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1103Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 18, 2021 An act to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to add Section 13105.6 to the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 409.5 of the Penal Code, relating to agricultural lands. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1103, as amended, Megan Dahle. Agricultural lands: farmers and producers: agricultural pass program: disaster access to farm lands. farmlands.Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to examine persons who desire to become county agricultural commissioners or deputy county agricultural commissioners. Existing law requires the county agricultural commissioner to be responsible for local administration of enforcement and requires the secretary to be responsible for overall statewide enforcement, as provided. Existing law requires the secretary to furnish assistance in planning and otherwise developing an adequate county enforcement program, including uniformity, coordination, training, special services, special equipment, and forms, statewide publicity, statewide planning, and emergency assistance.This bill would authorize, upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other designated agency, to establish within the county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, as defined, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property property, or to the farm or ranch property owned by another holder of an agricultural pass with permission, during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster, as provided. To the extent this bill would impose a new duty on a county board of supervisors in approving the agricultural pass program, the bill would impose a state-mandated program. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, to develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for this agricultural pass program. Existing law authorizes specified law enforcement and public safety officers and professionals to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity, including flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, as provided. This bill would provide that the above provision does not apply to an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, except as provided. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2021
Amended IN Assembly April 22, 2021
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1103
Introduced by Assembly Member Megan DahleFebruary 18, 2021
Introduced by Assembly Member Megan Dahle
February 18, 2021
An act to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to add Section 13105.6 to the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 409.5 of the Penal Code, relating to agricultural lands.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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AB 1103, as amended, Megan Dahle. Agricultural lands: farmers and producers: agricultural pass program: disaster access to farm lands. farmlands.
Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to examine persons who desire to become county agricultural commissioners or deputy county agricultural commissioners. Existing law requires the county agricultural commissioner to be responsible for local administration of enforcement and requires the secretary to be responsible for overall statewide enforcement, as provided. Existing law requires the secretary to furnish assistance in planning and otherwise developing an adequate county enforcement program, including uniformity, coordination, training, special services, special equipment, and forms, statewide publicity, statewide planning, and emergency assistance.This bill would authorize, upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other designated agency, to establish within the county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, as defined, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property property, or to the farm or ranch property owned by another holder of an agricultural pass with permission, during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster, as provided. To the extent this bill would impose a new duty on a county board of supervisors in approving the agricultural pass program, the bill would impose a state-mandated program. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, to develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for this agricultural pass program. Existing law authorizes specified law enforcement and public safety officers and professionals to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity, including flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, as provided. This bill would provide that the above provision does not apply to an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, except as provided. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to examine persons who desire to become county agricultural commissioners or deputy county agricultural commissioners. Existing law requires the county agricultural commissioner to be responsible for local administration of enforcement and requires the secretary to be responsible for overall statewide enforcement, as provided. Existing law requires the secretary to furnish assistance in planning and otherwise developing an adequate county enforcement program, including uniformity, coordination, training, special services, special equipment, and forms, statewide publicity, statewide planning, and emergency assistance.
This bill would authorize, upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other designated agency, to establish within the county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, as defined, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property property, or to the farm or ranch property owned by another holder of an agricultural pass with permission, during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster, as provided. To the extent this bill would impose a new duty on a county board of supervisors in approving the agricultural pass program, the bill would impose a state-mandated program. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, to develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for this agricultural pass program.
Existing law authorizes specified law enforcement and public safety officers and professionals to close an area where a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity, including flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, as provided.
This bill would provide that the above provision does not apply to an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, except as provided.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) is added to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2)(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first. SEC. 2. Section 13105.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.SEC. 3. Section 409.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) is added to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read: CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2)(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first.
SECTION 1. Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 2350) is added to Division 2 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:
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CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2)(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first.
CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2)(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first.
CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program
CHAPTER 4. Agricultural Pass Program
2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.(2)(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first.
2350. (a) (1) Upon the approval of a county board of supervisors, a county agricultural commissioner, or other agency designated by the county board of supervisors, is authorized to establish within that county an agricultural pass program for the purpose of issuing identification documents granting any qualifying agricultural producer, or employee of the qualifying agricultural producer, producer access to the qualifying agricultural producers farm or ranch property during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.
(2) For purposes of this section, a qualifying agricultural producer means a commercial agricultural producer, as determined by the county agency, who has been certified as successfully completing the curriculum developed pursuant to Section 13105.6 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) (1) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall provide, or the relevant county agency shall otherwise obtain, documentation sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer, or employee of a commercial agricultural producer. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(A) An operator identification number issued by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.
(B) An Internal Revenue Service Schedule F (Form 1040) attesting to the applicants Profit or Loss From Farming.
(C) Assessors parcel numbers confirming agricultural zoning for the property or properties upon which access is sought.
(D) Agricultural land lease documentation.
(E) Documentation attesting to the applicants enrollment in a Williamson Act contract as authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(F) Documentation from the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency attesting that the applicant is a commercial agricultural producer.
(G) Current registration of a livestock brand with the Bureau of Livestock Identification.
(2) An applicant for an agricultural pass shall furnish to the relevant county agency a description or map of all lands owned or managed by the applicant for which disaster access is sought.
(c) (1) Access granted pursuant to an agricultural pass shall be limited to the purposes of sheltering, moving, transporting, evacuating, feeding, watering, or administering veterinary care to livestock, irrigating crops, or providing auxiliary support to peace officers and emergency personnel.
(2) A holder of an agricultural pass may have access to the farm or ranch property that is owned by another holder of an agricultural pass, with permission from that agricultural pass holder, for purposes of providing assistance with those activities specified in paragraph (1) during or following a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, or other disaster.
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(3) For purposes of this subdivision, auxiliary support may include identifying access roads, water points, and other local expertise that may assist in firefighting or other emergency response.
(d) (1) An agricultural pass identification document issued pursuant to subdivision (a) for the purpose of authorizing access during a disaster shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:
(A) The name of the applicant and cardholder.
(B) The name or names of the farm or ranch to which the cardholder seeks access in the event of a disaster.
(C) The expiration date of the identification document, if an expiration date was established by the county.
(D) The seal or logo of the authorizing agency and the signature of the issuing officer.
(2) An agricultural pass identification document authorizing access during a disaster that does not include a photograph of the cardholder shall not be a valid document for purposes of subdivision (a) unless accompanied by a valid photo identification document issued by the state or federal government.
(e) Notwithstanding this section, an agricultural pass issued by a county in which an agricultural pass or equivalent program was established before January 1, 2022, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this section until the expiration date noted on the agricultural pass or until December 31, 2025, whichever date occurs first.
SEC. 2. Section 13105.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.
SEC. 2. Section 13105.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.
13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.
13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.
13105.6. On or before January 1, 2023, the State Fire Marshal, with the involvement of the Statewide Training and Education Advisory Committee, shall develop a curriculum for agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program described in Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code. The curriculum shall, at a minimum, provide education regarding basic fire behavior, communications during a disaster emergency, and incident command structure. The curriculum shall provide for the initial certification as well as the continuing education or recertification of agricultural producers eligible for the agricultural pass program. It is the intent of the Legislature that any certification training utilizing the curriculum developed pursuant to this section be no more than four hours in duration, ensuring that commercial agricultural producers may avail themselves of the curriculum.
SEC. 3. Section 409.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.
SEC. 3. Section 409.5 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
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409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.
409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.
409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.
409.5. (a) Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity including a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other disaster, officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, an officer or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated a peace officer by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation designated a peace officer by subdivision (f) of Section 830.2, an officer or employee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated a peace officer under subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, and a publicly employed full-time lifeguard or publicly employed full-time marine safety officer while acting in a supervisory position in the performance of their official duties, may close the area where the menace exists for the duration of the menace by means of ropes, markers, or guards to any and all persons not authorized by the lifeguard or officer to enter or remain within the enclosed area. If the calamity creates an immediate menace to the public health, the local health officer may close the area where the menace exists pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section.
(b) Officers of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, police departments, marshals office or sheriffs office, officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife designated as peace officers by subdivision (e) of Section 830.2, or officers of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection designated as peace officers by subdivision (g) of Section 830.2 may close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or any other command post activated for the purpose of abating any calamity enumerated in this section or any riot or other civil disturbance to any and all unauthorized persons pursuant to the conditions set forth in this section whether or not the field command post or other command post is located near to the actual calamity or riot or other civil disturbance.
(c) An unauthorized person who willfully and knowingly enters an area closed pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) and who willfully remains within the area after receiving notice to evacuate or leave shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) This section shall not prevent a duly authorized representative of a news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section.
(e) This section shall not prevent an individual who holds a valid agricultural pass identification document, pursuant to Section 2350 of the Food and Agricultural Code, from entering the areas closed pursuant to this section, unless a peace officer identified in subdivision (a) finds that the disaster presents an imminent harm to the document holder is of such a nature that it would be unsafe for the documentholder to enter or that the presence of the document holder documentholder would interfere with disaster response.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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