Bill Text: CA SB1075 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: civil cost recovery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2014. [SB1075 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1075-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1075	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight
   (Coauthors: Senators Gaines, Huff, and Nielsen)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to add Section 707.1 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1075, as introduced, Knight. Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection: civil cost recovery.
   Existing law requires a person, who, among other things,
negligently, or in violation of the law, sets a fire, allows a fire
to be set, or allows a fire to escape onto any public or private
property, to be liable for fire suppression costs incurred in
fighting the fire and for rescue or emergency medical services.
Existing law authorizes public agencies participating in the fire
suppression, rescue, or emergency medical services to designate one
or more agencies to bring an action to recover the costs incurred by
all the participating agencies. Among other things, the Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection is responsible for providing fire
protection and prevention. Existing law provides that the General
Fund consists of moneys received into the Treasury and not required
by law to be credited to any other fund.
   This bill would require any moneys recovered by the department in
a civil action described above to be deposited by the department into
the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. This provision would
apply retroactively to any moneys recovered and retained by the
department prior to January 1, 2015.
   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 707.1 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   707.1.  (a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a civil
action to recover costs related to fire suppression, rescue, or
emergency medical services pursuant to Section 13009 of the Health
and Safety Code shall be deposited by the department into the
Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
   (b) Subdivision (a) shall also apply to any moneys recovered in a
civil action pursuant to Section 13009 of the Health and Safety Code,
and retained by the department, prior to January 1, 2015.