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(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the emergency
roadside assistance provided by highway service organizations is a
valuable service that benefits millions of California motorists. The
Legislature further finds and declares that emergency roadside
assistance is provided statewide, in cooperation with, and shares
resources with, public safety agencies. The Legislature also finds
that the Department of the California Highway Patrol, in cooperation
with the Department of Transportation, is responsible for the rapid
removal of impediments to traffic on highways within the state and
that the Department of the California Highway Patrol may enter into
agreements with employers for freeway service patrol operations under
an agreement or contract with a regional or local entity. The
Legislature declares that it is important to the public safety that
drivers who provide emergency roadside service not have criminal
records that include violent crimes against persons.
   (b) The Legislature also declares that the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, in cooperation with the Department of
Transportation, shall be responsible for establishing the minimum
training standards for highway service organization employees and
employers who participate in freeway service patrol operations
pursuant to an agreement or contract with a regional or local entity.