Bill Text: CA AB1141 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Wildfires: Wildland Urban Interface Fire Research Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1141 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1141-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
March 18, 2021 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1141
| Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier |
February 18, 2021 |
An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4745) to Chapter 10 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, relating to wildfires.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1141, as amended, Frazier.
Wildfires: Wildland Urban Interface Fire Research Center.
Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention, detection, and mitigation of wildfires. Existing law establishes in state government a Natural Resources Agency.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would require the agency, on or before June 1, 2023, to develop and fund fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature,
a Wildland Urban Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Research Center that specifically
addresses the wildland urban wildland-urban interface fire problem and needs of the need for wildfire prevention, detection, and mitigation planning, building, and response, and related economic, insurance, and modeling practices in the state. The bill would require the center to act as a think tank for purposes of discussing policy, exchanging information, and training fire personnel in best practices.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 4745) is added to Chapter 10 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code, to read:Article 8.5. Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Research Center
4745.
On or before June 1, 2023, the Natural Resources Agency shall develop and fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, a Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Research Center that addresses the wildland-urban interface fire problem and the need for wildfire prevention, detection, and mitigation planning, building, and response, and related economic, insurance, and modeling practices in the state. The Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Research Center shall act as a think tank for purposes of discussing policy, exchanging information, and training fire personnel in best practices.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that would develop and fund a Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Research Center that specifically addresses the wildland urban interface fire problem and needs of wildfire prevention, detection, and mitigation planning, building, and response, and related economic, insurance, and modeling practices in the state. It is the intent of the Legislature that the WUI Fire Research Center would act as a think-tank where fire personnel could discuss policy, exchange information, and train personnel in best practices.
