CA AB1646

Requires local implementing agencies to develop an integrated alerting and notification system in coordination with emergency management agencies, unified program agencies, and petroleum refineries to notify communities of incidents at refineries.

Notification system must include text messaging, phone calls, Emergency Alert System activation, weather service alerts, social media, and audible alarms as appropriate, with alerts reaching schools, hospitals, special needs populations, and residential care homes.

If system not implemented by January 1, 2018, local implementing agency must develop a schedule by January 1, 2019 for developing and implementing the system.

Petroleum refineries must immediately call 911 and notify the unified program agency upon an incident warranting notification; unified program agencies must establish two fees—one separate from the single fee system for design, building, and installation costs, and one within the single fee system for ongoing operation and maintenance costs.

Governor's Office of Emergency Services must develop a model memorandum of understanding between adjacent jurisdictions for integration of alerting and notification systems across jurisdictional boundaries.