BILL NUMBER: AB 2837	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hertzberg

                        FEBRUARY 28, 2000

   An act to add Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 53126) to
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
relating to public safety services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2837, as introduced, Hertzberg.  Local public safety agencies:
statewide nonemergency telephone number system.
   Existing law requires local public safety agencies to maintain, in
addition to a "911" emergency telephone number, a separate number
for nonemergency calls.  Existing law also sets forth the duties of
the Division of Telecommunications of the Department of General
Services in providing management oversight of statewide
telecommunications systems developments, among other things.
   This bill would require the division to establish a statewide "311"
nonemergency telephone number system for local public safety
agencies, designed to reduce the burden placed on the "911" emergency
telephone number system by nonemergency calls.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Article 6.6 (commencing with Section 53126) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code,
to read:

      Article 6.6.  Statewide Nonemergency Telephone System

   53126.  The Division of Telecommunications of the Department of
General Services shall establish a statewide "311" nonemergency
telephone number system for local public safety agencies.  The system
shall be designed to reduce the burden placed on the "911" emergency
telephone number system by nonemergency calls.