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Legislative Bill Action
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<br />~ following are summaries of just a few of the legislative bills that are currently being acted upon by the
<br />League of California Cities. ~be League encourages you to review the bills and ~ontact the appropriate
<br />committees to demonstrate your support or opposition of issues that are important to your ~ommunity.
<br />Your assistance is appreciated.
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<br />ADMINISTRATIVE Fund for, among other things, frontline law enforce-
<br /> AB 1821 (Lowenthal). Civil Liability. Donated ment services, to submit data detailing and summa-
<br />Fire Equipment, AB 1821 reduces the level of civil rizing allocations to their respective Supplemental
<br />liability for companies and fire departments that Law Enforcement Oversight Committee (SLEOC). This
<br />want to donate surplus equipment to volunteer and data must be submitted 30 days prior to the local
<br />paid fire departments. The purpose of this bill is to .jurisdiction public hearing, which by law must be
<br />encourage donations of surplus firefighting equip- held annually in September. If the city fails to
<br />ment by reducing the threat of lawsuits for organiza- submit the data, it shall forfeit its allocation. This
<br />tions that wish to make these donations. Two bill amends existing law to provide flexibility by
<br />federal bills have been introduced that seek to stating that the city that falls to make this submls-
<br />address similar issues: HR 1919 (Castle (DE), and S sion "shall not continue to expend funds.., until
<br />1516 (Santorum (PA). Please see the Federal Affairs the data and report are submitted." SB823 also
<br /> amends the provision in existing law allowing the
<br />section of this Priority Focus for bill summaries.
<br />Staff: Yvonne Hunter, Status: AsJud, Position: Controller to reduce subsequent year allocations
<br />Support, when the SLEOC fails to submit the required report to
<br /> the Controller by October 15. Specifically, this bill
<br /> allows a local law enforcement agency to continue to
<br />PUBLIC SAFETY expend funds when the agency has met all the other
<br /> SB823 (Poochlgian). Local Law Enforcement reporting requirements. Staff: Natasha Fooman,
<br />Funding. Existing law requires each city receiving Status: AsApps, Position: Support.
<br />funds from Supplemental Law Enforcement Services
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<br /> THE GOOD SAUARITAN FIREFIGHTER WAN[TOSENDALETTERINSUPPORTOFA
<br /> ASSISTANCE ACT. HR 1919 (CASTLE, LEAGUE POSITION? HERES WHO TO CONI'ACT:
<br /> DE); S 1516 (SANTORUM, PA) ASSEMBLYAPPROPRIATIONSCOMMITTEE
<br /> (AsApps): Migden (D)(Chair), Bates (Ri(Vice Chair),
<br /> HR 1919 and S 1516 would allow companies to Alquist (D), Aroner (D), Ashbum (R), Cedillo (D),
<br /> donate qualified fire control equipment or fire rescue Corbett (D), Correa (D), Daucher (Ri, Goldberg (D),
<br /> equipment to a volunteer fire company without fear of Maldonado (Ri, Robert Pacheco (Ri, Papan (D), Parley
<br /> being held liable for personal in. jury or property damage(D), Runner (Ri, Simitian (D), Thomson (D), Wesson
<br /> caused by a defect in the equipment. These bills are very (D), Wiggins (D), Wright (D), and Zettel (R).
<br /> similar to AB 1821 (Lowenthal), which is summarized in
<br /> the Legislative Bill Action section of this publication. ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE (AsJud):
<br /> The difference between the federal bills and the state bill Steinberg (D)(Chair), Robert Pacheco (Ri(Vice Chair),
<br /> is that the federal bills only address donations to Bates (Ri, Corbett (D), Durra (D), Harman (Ri, Jackson
<br /> volunteerflre companies. Cities should send letters of (D), Longville (D), Shelley (D), and Wayne (D).
<br /> support to the respective authors of HR 1919 [Rep.
<br /> Michael Castle; 1233 Longworth House Office Building, For legislators' phone numbers, addresses
<br /> Independence and New Jersey Avenues, S.E., Washington, and email please see the League's Web site
<br /> D.C. 20515] and S 1516 [Senator Rick Sant~rurn; Room (www.cacities.or_e/le_atreckln_~). Legislators
<br /> 120, Hart Building, 2nd & C Streets, N.E., Washington and legislative committees are listed under
<br /> D.C. 20510]. "Resources."
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