(a) The State Fire Marshal shall develop a comprehensive data base of pipeline information that can be utilized for emergency response and program operational purposes. The data base shall include information on pipeline location, age, reported leak incidences, and inspection history, and shall have the capability of mapping pipeline locations throughout the state. The data collection format shall be compatible with any pipeline mapping project implemented by the United States Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety and shall be compatible with GIS mapping and data management required by Article 12 (commencing with Section 25299.97) of Chapter 6.75 of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) The sum of four hundred sixty-nine thousand dollars ($469,000) is hereby appropriated from the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Fund to the State Fire Marshal for the purposes of subdivision (a).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 814, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)