Bill Text: CA SB1118 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Disaster relief.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SB1118 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB1118-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1118 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 13, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senator Berryhill
( Principal coauthor: Assembly Member
Bigelow )
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
An act to amend Section 8686 of the Government Code, relating to
disaster relief, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1118, as amended, Berryhill. Disaster relief.
The California Disaster Assistance Act generally provides that the
state share for disaster project allocations to local agencies is no
more than 75% of total state eligible costs, except for specified
events for which the state share is up to 100% of state eligible
costs.
This bill would add the forest fires that occurred in the County
of Calaveras in 2015 to the list of events for which the state share
of state eligible cost is up to 100%.
This bill would incorporate changes to Section 8686 of the
Government Code proposed by both this bill and SB 937, which would
become operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective
on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) In 2015 the Butte Fire burned through the County of Calaveras
for a total of 70,868 acres. The Butte Fire took the lives of two
people and destroyed or damaged 965 structures at an estimated $300
million in insured losses, making it the seventh most destructive
wildfire to hit the state.
(b) On September 10, 2015, the Calaveras County Board of
Supervisors ratified the Declaration of a Local Emergency in
Calaveras County as a result of the September 9, 2015, wildland fire
that caused damage to public and private property.
(c) On September 22, 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. requested
that the area burned in the Butte Fire be declared a federal major
disaster.
(d) On September 23, 2015, President Barack Obama declared the
Butte Fire a federal major disaster.
(e) Prior to the Butte Fire, the County of Calaveras had not fully
recovered from the economic impacts of the 2007 recession when the
secured property tax revenues declined 28 percent between the 2008-09
fiscal year and the 2012-13 fiscal year for a loss in annual General
Fund revenue of nearly $4 million, and since that time, property tax
revenues have only recovered by 12.3 percent.
(f) The estimated property valuation loss due to the Butte Fire is
$53.8 million and the County of Calaveras is expected to experience
continued decline in assessed property tax valuation and revenue
losses for several years as the result of the number of properties
and structures damaged.
(g) The County of Calaveras has, for the past eight years, adopted
a deficit budget balanced with reductions to departmental budgets
and the use of prior year carryover and one-time funds.
(f)
(h) The County of Calaveras is expected to have an
estimated county share of cost for the Butte Fire response and
recovery of $1.4 million which will significantly impact the county's
General Fund Reserve general fund reserve
of $2.4 million.
SEC. 2. Section 8686 of the Government Code is amended to read:
8686. (a) For any eligible project, the state share shall amount
to no more than 75 percent of total state eligible costs.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the state share shall be up
to 100 percent of total state eligible costs connected with the
following events:
(1) The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake.
(2) The October 20, 1991, East Bay fire.
(3) The fires that occurred in southern California from October 1,
1993, to November 30, 1993, inclusive.
(4) The January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake.
(5) Storms that occurred in California during the periods
commencing January 3, 1995, and February 13, 1995, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(6) The storms that occurred in California in December 1996 and
early January 1997, as specified in agreements between this state and
the United States for federal financial assistance.
(7) The winter storms and flooding that occurred from February 1,
1998, to April 30, 1998, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
(8) The wildfires that occurred in southern California commencing
October 21, 2003, as specified in agreements between this state and
the United States for federal financial assistance.
(9) The December 22, 2003, San Simeon earthquake, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(10) The severe storms, flooding, debris flows, and mudslides that
occurred during December 27, 2004, to January 11, 2005, inclusive,
in southern California, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(11) The severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mud and debris
flows that occurred in southern California during the period from
February 16, 2005, to February 23, 2005, inclusive, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(12) The severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides that
occurred in northern California during the period from December 17,
2005, to January 3, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
(13) The severe storms and flooding that occurred in northern and
central California during the period from March 29, 2006, to April
16, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(14) The forest fires that occurred in the County of Calaveras in
2015.
(c) For any federally declared disaster subsequent to January 1,
1995, that the Legislature has designated in subdivision (b), the
state shall assume the increased share specified in subdivision (b)
in those cases where the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share of
costs.
(d) The state shall make no allocation for any project application
resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) under this section.
SEC. 2.5. Section 8686 of the Government Code is amended to read:
8686. (a) For any eligible project, the state share shall amount
to no more than 75 percent of total state eligible costs.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the state share shall be up
to 100 percent of total state eligible costs connected with the
following events:
(1) The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake.
(2) The October 20, 1991, East Bay fire.
(3) The fires that occurred in southern California from October 1,
1993, to November 30, 1993, inclusive.
(4) The January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake.
(5) Storms that occurred in California during the periods
commencing January 3, 1995, and February 13, 1995, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(6) The storms that occurred in California in December of
1996 and early January of 1997, as
specified in agreements between this state and the United States for
federal financial assistance.
(7) The winter storms and flooding that occurred from February 1,
1998, to April 30, 1998, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
(8) The wildfires that occurred in southern California commencing
October 21, 2003, as specified in agreements between this state and
the United States for federal financial assistance.
(9) The December 22, 2003, San Simeon earthquake, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(10) The severe storms, flooding, debris flows, and mudslides that
occurred during December 27, 2004, to January 11, 2005, inclusive,
in southern California, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(11) The severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mud and debris
flows that occurred in southern California during the period from
February 16, 2005, to February 23, 2005, inclusive, as specified in
agreements between this state and the United States for federal
financial assistance.
(12) The severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides that
occurred in northern California during the period from December 17,
2005, to January 3, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements
between this state and the United States for federal financial
assistance.
(13) The severe storms and flooding that occurred in northern and
central California during the period from March 29, 2006, to April
16, 2006, inclusive, as specified in agreements between this state
and the United States for federal financial assistance.
(14) The forest fires that occurred in the County of Calaveras in
2015.
(15) The forest fires that occurred in the County of Lake in 2015.
(c) For any federally declared disaster subsequent to January 1,
1995, that the Legislature has designated in subdivision (b), the
state shall assume the increased share specified in subdivision (b)
in those cases where the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
another applicable federal agency has approved the federal share of
costs.
(d) The state shall make no allocation for any project application
resulting in a state share of less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500) under this section.
SEC. 3. Section 2.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 8686 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and
Senate Bill 937. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are
enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, (2) each
bill amends Section 8686 of the Government Code, and (3) this bill is
enacted after Senate Bill 937, in which case Section 2 of this bill
shall not become operative.
SEC. 4. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to timely provide essential relief to those persons who
have suffered damage or loss as a result of the forest fires that
occurred in the County of Calaveras in 2015, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.
