BILL NUMBER: SB 669	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 20, 1999

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 amended, 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 
local representative from 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 local representative from  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.