BILL NUMBER: SB 669	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Polanco

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to amend Section 53114.1 of the Government Code, relating
to communications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 669, as introduced, Polanco.  Local emergency telephone
systems.
   Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, directs the
Communications Division of the Department of General Services to
consult regularly with specified agencies, officials, and entities to
accomplish its responsibilities with respect to the establishment by
local agencies of 911 telephone service.
   This bill would direct the Communications Division also to consult
for that purpose with a local representative from a city and a
county.
   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.  Section 53114.1 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   53114.1.  To accomplish the responsibilities specified in this
article, the Communications Division is directed to consult at
regular intervals with the State Fire Marshal, the State Department
of Health Services, the Governor's Office of Traffic Safety, the
Office of Emergency Services, the California Council on Criminal
Justice,  a local representative from a city and a county, 
the public utilities in this state providing telephone service, the
Associated Public Safety Communications Officers, the Emergency
Medical Services Authority, the Department of the 
California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection.  These agencies shall provide all necessary assistance
and consultation to the Communications Division to enable it to
perform its duties specified in this article.