Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not explicitly state that no new funding is created; it only states existing law makes funding subject to appropriation. The claim about 'no new funding' was inferred from context but removed for strict adherence.
Expanding Wildfire Grant Uses to Include Helicopter Water Tanks
This law allows local governments in high-risk fire areas to use existing grant money for projects involving mobile rigid dip tanks or similar infrastructure that provides water supplies accessible by helicopters.
What This Bill Does
- Expands eligible activities under the local assistance grant program.
- Allows grants to pay for acquiring or installing mobile rigid dip tanks.
- Permits funding for similar mobile and permanent infrastructure capable of providing helicopter-accessible water supplies for firefighting response or suppression purposes.
- Limits these specific projects to very high fire hazard severity zones and high fire hazard severity zones.
Who It Names or Affects
- Local governmental entities in California
- The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Terms To Know
- Mobile rigid dip tank
- A type of infrastructure that can provide water supplies accessible by helicopters for firefighting.
- Very high fire hazard severity zone
- An area classified as having a very high risk of wildfire, where these specific projects are allowed.
Limits and Unknowns
- Funding for the program remains subject to an appropriation by the Legislature.
- The bill expands eligible activities but does not specify new funding amounts in this text.