California 2011-2012, 1st Special Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 17 — State responsibility areas: fire prevention fees.

Last action — From Assembly without further action.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012, 1st Special Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law requires the state to have the primary financial responsibility for preventing and suppressing fires in areas that the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has determined are state responsibility areas. This bill would require the board, on or before September 1, 2011, to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged on each structure on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area. The board would be required to adjust the fire prevention fee annually using prescribed methods. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to collect the fire prevention fees, as prescribed. The bill would require, within 30 days of the effective date of its provisions, and each January 1 thereafter, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to transmit to the State Board of Equalization the appropriate names and addresses of persons who are liable for the fire prevention fee and the amount of the fire prevention fee to be assessed by the State Board of Equalization. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to collect the fee commencing with the 2011–12 fiscal year. Commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year, if there are sufficient amounts of moneys in the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund to finance the costs of specified fire prevention activities for a fiscal year, the bill would prohibit the State Board of Equalization from collecting the fee for that fiscal year. The bill would establish the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund and would require the fire prevention fees collected, except that portion retained by the State Board of Equalization, to be deposited into the fund and to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for certain specified fire prevention activities, which would benefit the owners of structures in state responsibility areas who are subject to the fire prevention fee, including, but not limited to, covering startup costs, and for the costs of administration, as specified. The State Board of Equalization would be required to retain and expend, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the funds necessary to pay refunds and for its expenses incurred in collection. This bill would require the board, on and after January 1, 2013, to submit an annual written report to the Legislature on specified topics. This bill would permit a person from whom a fire prevention fee is determined to be due to use an appeals process and, if applicable, a refund process that would be established by the bill. The bill would appropriate $1,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from administrative costs to implement its provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Assembly without further action.

  2. From committee without further action.

  3. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  4. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. Consent granted to take up without reference to committee or file. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 189.)

  7. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  8. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 5. Page 110.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Ordered to second reading.

  11. Withdrawn from committee.

  12. Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading SB17 Committee on B. & F.R.

Passed 24 Yea · 5 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 224011
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 245011
% of votes cast 60%13%0%28%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Wyland — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Evans — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Cannella — Not Voting
Gaines — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Dutton — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Huff — Not Voting
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Subjects

public-safety finance environment
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 17 do?
Existing law requires the state to have the primary financial responsibility for preventing and suppressing fires in areas that the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has determined are state responsibility areas. This bill would require the board, on or before September 1, 2011, to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged on each structure on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area. The board would be required to adjust the fire prevention fee annually using prescribed methods. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to collect the fire prevention fees, as prescribed. The bill would require, within 30 days of the effective date of its provisions, and each January 1 thereafter, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to transmit to the State Board of Equalization the appropriate names and addresses of persons who are liable for the fire prevention fee and the amount of the fire prevention fee to be assessed by the State Board of Equalization. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to collect the fee commencing with the 2011–12 fiscal year. Commencing with the 2012–13 fiscal year, if there are sufficient amounts of moneys in the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund to finance the costs of specified fire prevention activities for a fiscal year, the bill would prohibit the State Board of Equalization from collecting the fee for that fiscal year. The bill would establish the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund and would require the fire prevention fees collected, except that portion retained by the State Board of Equalization, to be deposited into the fund and to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for certain specified fire prevention activities, which would benefit the owners of structures in state responsibility areas who are subject to the fire prevention fee, including, but not limited to, covering startup costs, and for the costs of administration, as specified. The State Board of Equalization would be required to retain and expend, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the funds necessary to pay refunds and for its expenses incurred in collection. This bill would require the board, on and after January 1, 2013, to submit an annual written report to the Legislature on specified topics. This bill would permit a person from whom a fire prevention fee is determined to be due to use an appeals process and, if applicable, a refund process that would be established by the bill. The bill would appropriate $1,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from administrative costs to implement its provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 17?
SB 17 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 17?
This bill died with 2011-2012, 1st Special Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 17?
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