Bill Text: CA SB494 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Emergency services: seismic safety and earthquake-related programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 799, Statutes of 2015. [SB494 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB494-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 494	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act relating to emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 494, as introduced, Hill. Emergency services: earthquake early
warning system.
   Existing law requires various entities, including the Office of
Emergency Services, through a public-private partnership, to develop
a comprehensive statewide earthquake early warning system in
California that includes certain features, including the installation
of field sensors.
   This bill would declare that it is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would further the implementation goals of
the statewide earthquake early warning system.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would further the implementation goals of the
statewide earthquake early warning system.