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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Cwtra
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DATE*. April 30, 1986 Courty
SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 1641
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for SB 1641 by Senator Stiern.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law provides that a public agency, or public safety
employee, is not liable for an injury caused when such an
employee is acting within the scope of his or her employment to
abate or attempt to !abate hazards caused by the discharge, spill,
or presence of a hazardous substance unless the action taken was
performed in bad faith or in a grossly negligent manner.
Senator Stiern has introduced SB 1641 which would extend this
immunity to registered Sanitarians who are employees of a State
or local agency and county Public Health Directors. The
inclusion of registered Sanitarians and Public Health Directors
is limited to situations in which the employee, at the request of
the police or fire agency in charge of scene management, provides
emergency assistance or advice. The bill also requires that the
request issued by the scene manager shall be confirmed in writing
in the form of a report on the incident.
The Health Services Director recommends support of SB 1641
because . of the increasing involvement of the County' s
Environmental Health staff and Health Officer in responding to
hazardous material spills. Our office concurs in this
recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): -
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 6, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT _ ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: _ NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISOR ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator
cc: Health Services Director ATTESTED �� _
Dan Bergman, Env. Health PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Senator Walter Stiern SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Kathy Snodgrass, Jackson/Barish _
BY ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83