Local emergencies: districts.

Existing law authorizes the governing body of a city, county, or city and county, or a designated official, to declare a local emergency, as defined, when specified conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist within the territorial limits of a city, county, or city and county. Existing law establishes various types of districts charged with specified duties within the Harbors and Navigation Code, including harbor improvement districts, harbor districts, port districts, river port districts, and small craft harbor districts. This bill would revise the definition of a local emergency to include conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a district established under the Harbors and Navigation Code and would authorize a port district to declare a local emergency on the same basis as a city, county, or city and county. The bill would also provide legislative findings in support of these provisions. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 8558 of the Government Code proposed by SB 532 to be operative only if this bill and SB 532 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 8630 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2898 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2898 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.