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RESOLUTION NO. 8154
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RELATING TO WORKMEN'S
COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR REGISTERED VOLUN-
TEER "DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS"
WHEREAS, Section 8580 of the California Government
Code (Chapter 1454, Statutes 1970) provides:
and
"The Emergency Council shall establish by rule
and regulation various classes of disaster service
workers and the scope of the duties of each class.
The Emergency Council shall also adopt rules and
regulations prescribing the manner in which disaster
service workers of each class are to be registered.
All such rules and regulations shall be designed to
facilitate the paying of workmen's compensation. ";
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Council has adopted
rules and regulations establishing classes of disaster service
workers, the scope of duties of each class, and the manner of
registration of such volunteer disaster service workers; and
WHEREAS, Section 8612 of the California Government
Code (Chapter 1454, Statutes 1970) provides:
and
"Any disaster council which both agrees to follow
the rules and regulations established by the California
Emergency Council pursuant to the provisions of Section
8580 and substantially complies with such rules and
regulations shall be certified by the Emergency Council.
Upon such certification, and not before, the disaster
council becomes an accredited disaster council. ";
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has registered
and will hereafter register volunteer disaster service workers;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach desires to become
10 an "accredited disaster council" organization in order that
injured disaster service workers registered with it may bene-
fit by the provisions of Chapter 10 of Division 4 of Part 1
of the Labor Code;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach hereby agrees to follow the rules
and regulations established by the California Emergency Council
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8580 of the California
0 Government Code.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to send a certified copy of this
resolution to the California Emergency Council, Office of
Emergency Services, Post Office Box 9577, Sacramento, California,
95823, for filing with said Council.
ADOPTED this 10th_ day of December , 1973.
ATTEST:
CER IED AS THE OP AL
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF 1,16004U BEACH
SAM
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