California Emergency Services Act: Office of Emergency Services: donations system.

Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, establishes the Office of Emergency Services, under the supervision of the Director of Emergency Services, and vests the office with responsibility for the state's emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or human-made disasters and emergencies, as provided. Existing law finds and declares the necessity for collaboration between the public and private sectors, and authorizes the office to establish a statewide registry of private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or facilities to assist in disaster preparedness. This bill would instead require the office to establish a statewide donations system, as specified, for private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating as provided above. The bill would make conforming changes. Existing law provides certain exemptions from civil liability to private businesses and nonprofit organizations included on the statewide registry that voluntarily and without expectation and receipt of compensation donate services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries or other facilities during a declared state of war, state of emergency, or state of local emergency, as provided. This bill would instead provide that these exemptions apply to private businesses and nonprofit organizations utilizing the donations system, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.