State government: California Emergency Management Agency.

Existing law establishes, within the office of the Governor, the California Emergency Management Agency under the supervision of a Secretary of California Emergency Management. Existing law also establishes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, within the Natural Resources Agency, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, within that department. Existing law further establishes, within the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State Board of Fire Services, consisting of 18 members. Existing law establishes the Department of the California Highway Patrol, within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, under the supervision of the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. Existing law also establishes, within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, the Office of Traffic Safety, under the supervision of a director. Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps, within the Natural Resources Agency, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority, within the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the State Board of Fire Services, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Traffic Safety, the California Conservation Corps, and the Emergency Medical Services Authority to create a working group, by March 1, 2010, to prepare a Governor's Reorganization Plan that would transfer the authorities and duties of those departments, offices, and entities to the California Emergency Management Agency. The bill would require the working group to develop the proposed Governor's Reorganization Plan, so that the Governor may transmit the plan to the Legislature for approval during the 2011 portion of the 2011–12 Regular Session of the Legislature. The bill would require the plan to provide that it would become operative no later than January 1, 2012.