Chapter 7.6. Economic Disaster Act Of 1984 of California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 7.6.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Farr Economic Disaster Act of 1984.

The Legislature finds and declares that the disaster response of state agencies does not adequately focus on the economic impact of a natural disaster on the business community.

It is the purpose of this chapter to institutionalize the planning and response of state agencies to disasters in order to reduce economic hardship stemming from these disasters to business.

As used in this chapter, the term "disaster" means those conditions specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 8558 if the estimated damage exceeds three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) or the Governor orders the Director of Emergency Services to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(a) Upon the completion of the emergency phase and the immediate recovery phase of a disaster, appropriate state agencies shall take actions to provide continuity of effort conducive to long-range economic recovery.
  (b) The Director of Emergency Services shall invoke the assignments made pursuant to Section 8595, specifying the emergency functions of each agency or department.
  (c) The Director of Emergency Services may make assignments to assist local agencies in implementing Chapter 12.4 (commencing with Section 8877.1).

The Director of Emergency Services, in executing the purposes of this chapter, shall establish appropriate task forces or emergency teams to include concerned elements of federal, state, and local governments and the private sector.