2009 California Health and Safety Code - Section 114660 :: Article 2. Responsibilities Of The Office Of Emergency Services

114660.  (a) The office is responsible for the coordination and
integration of all emergency planning programs and response plans
under this chapter. If there is a nuclear powerplant accident, the
office shall coordinate information and resources to support local
governments in a joint state and local government decisionmaking
process.
   (b) The office shall perform all of the following duties and
functions:
   (1) Coordinate the activities of all state agencies relating to
preparation and implementation of the State Nuclear Power Plant
Emergency Response Plan. The office shall be the focal point for
coordinating nuclear powerplant emergency preparedness activities
with local governments, other state agencies, federal agencies, and
other organizations.
   (2) Exercise explicit ultimate authority for allocating funds from
the Nuclear Planning Assessment Special Account to local
governments.
   (3) Coordinate and participate in exercises of the state's nuclear
emergency response plan with each site during its federally
evaluated exercise.
   (4) Ensure that state personnel are adequately trained to respond
in the event of an actual emergency. The exercises shall include the
department and other relevant state agencies.
   (5) In consultation with the department, review protective action
recommendations developed by the utilities and local government
representatives.
   (6) Coordinate planning guidance to state agencies and local
governments.
   (7) Ensure the development and maintenance of the State Nuclear
Power Plant Emergency Response Plan and procedures necessary to carry
out those responsibilities and review and approve state agency plans
in draft prior to publication.
   (8) Exercise discretionary authority regarding the formation of
interagency agreements with state agencies having local emergency
responsibilities, to ensure state agencies have updated emergency
plans and trained emergency response personnel to respond during the
plume emergency phase.
   (9) Annually prepare and submit a report to any joint committee of
the Legislature and the appropriate Senate and Assembly policy
committees with jurisdiction over emergency and disaster services
that summarizes all of the following:
   (A) A description of the purpose of all nuclear emergency response
exercises in the state involving local and state authorities,
including a description of state and local roles in each exercise.
   (B) An accounting of revenues from each utility and a description
of expenditures of funds from the Nuclear Planning Assessment Special
Account by each local government and the state.
   (C) A description of all nuclear emergency response training and
education efforts undertaken by the state and local agencies, and
identification of any additional training and educational needs.
   (D) Recommendations consistent with this chapter.
   (10) Conduct a study similar to that described in Section 8610.3
of the Government Code, for any nuclear powerplant with a generating
capacity of 50 megawatts or more that is proposed for licensing in
this state.