Bill Text: CA AB1648 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1648 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Disaster preparedness: local government: animal natural disaster evacuation plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2022. [AB1648 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1648-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1648

Introduced by Assembly Member Maienschein

January 13, 2022

An act to add Section 8608.1 to the Government Code, relating to disaster preparedness.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1648, as amended, Maienschein. Disaster preparedness: local government: animal ~~wildfire~~ natural disaster evacuation plan.

Under existing law, 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, is required to jointly establish by regulation a standardized emergency management system for use by all emergency response agencies. Existing law requires the office to approve and adopt, and incorporate the California Animal Response Emergency System (CARES) program developed under the oversight of the Department of Food and Agriculture into the standardized emergency management system.

This bill would require a city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to operate a kennel within its jurisdiction, to require, as a condition for obtaining the kennel license or permit, that the kennel owner create and submit to the city or county an animal natural disaster evacuation plan for any kennel covered by the license or permit. The bill would require an animal disaster evacuation plan to include, at a minimum, specified information, including contact information for the primary and secondary kennel emergency contact persons and the kennel facility floor plan. By imposing a new duty on local government, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8608.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:

8608.1.

(a) A city or county that requires a kennel license or permit to operate a kennel within its jurisdiction shall require, as a condition for obtaining the license or permit, that the kennel owner create and submit to the city or county an animal natural disaster evacuation plan for any kennel covered by the license or permit.

(b) An animal natural disaster evacuation plan shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Primary kennel emergency contact person’s contact information.
(2) Secondary kennel emergency contact person’s contact information.
(3) Kennel facility floor plan.
(4) Location on the premises where transport resources are stored.
(5) (A) Address of primary evacuation site.
(B) Contact information for the contact person at the primary evacuation site.
(6) (A) Address of secondary evacuation site, if applicable.
(B) Contact information for the contact person at the secondary evacuation site, if applicable.
(7) Protocol for accessing current census and records of animals on site.
(8) Protocol for animal transport.
(9) Protocol for reunification of owned animals or offsite sheltering of unowned animals, as applicable.
(c) For purposes of this section, “contact information” includes name, telephone number, email address, and alternate telephone number.

SEC. 2.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.