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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a guidance document to the state emergency plan to specify the response of the state and its political subdivisions to agriculture-related disasters. This document shall be completed by January 2002, and updated by January 2009, and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a) The roles and responsibilities of the county agricultural commissioners.
(b) The roles and responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and other relevant state agencies that are involved in the response to agriculture-related disasters.
(c) Coordination of initial and ongoing crop damage assessments.
(d) Disaster assistance between the time of the request for a federal disaster declaration and issuance of a federal declaration.
(e) State assistance available if a requested federal declaration is not issued.
(f) State assistance under a United States Department of Agriculture designation rather than a federal declaration.
(g) State assistance for long-term unemployment in areas with high unemployment rates prior to an emergency.
(h) Provision for the removal and elimination of extraordinary numbers of dead livestock for purposes of protecting public health and safety.
(i) Strategies to assist in the development of an integrated and coordinated response by community-based organizations to the victims of agriculture-related disasters.
(j) Procedures for the decontamination of individuals who have been or may have been exposed to hazardous materials, which may vary depending on the hazards posed by a particular hazardous material. The report shall specify that individuals shall be assisted in a humanitarian manner.
(k) Integration of various local and state emergency response plans, including, but not limited to, plans that relate to hazardous materials, oil spills, public health emergencies, and general disasters.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Government Code - GOV § 8570.5 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/government-code/gov-sect-8570-5/
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