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DMZ/fm !, <br />4/23/82 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 82-62 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA IN OPPOSITION TO ASSEMBLY BILL <br />3011 ESTABLISHING IN LAW A RELATIONSHIP <br />BETWEEN CANCER IN FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR <br />EMPLOYMENT <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, injuries to firefighters under present <br />Workers' Compensation law encompasses any event or happening <br />which causes a disability and which arises out of employment, <br />or is industially occasioned, and disease which may be <br />infectious, contagious, or the product or aggravation of a <br />discogenic disease and includes hernia, heart trouble, <br />pneumonia and tuberculosis; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 3011, introduced by <br />Assemblyman Art Torres, provides for inclusion in the defini- <br />tion of injury to active firefighters cancer which develops <br />or manifests itself during the period of specified employ- <br />ment; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 3011 would require the <br />state or local fire department to bear the burden of proof <br />that the cancer did not arise out of or in the course of <br />employment; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana disapproves of <br />establishing in law a relationship between cancer in fire- <br />fighters and their employment because of the unfair burden <br />it places upon the City. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE City Council <br />of the City of Santa Ana as follows: <br /> <br /> 1. The City of Santa Ana opposes the enactment of <br />Assembly Bill No. 3011. <br /> <br /> <br />