Corrections: fire protection services.

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and invests it with various powers and duties. This bill would require the department to seek proposals from city, county, or special district fire departments in which a state prison is located or to which a state prison is immediately adjacent to provide contract fire protection services for the state prison and its grounds and facilities. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. The Governor issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on July 1, 2009. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared by the Governor by proclamation issued on July 1, 2009, pursuant to the California Constitution.