The authority shall have the authority to plan, manage, operate, and coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the bay area region, except those provided or owned by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. During a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, as described in Section 8558, the authority, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, shall coordinate the emergency activities for all water transportation services in the bay area region and, for such purposes, shall be known as the Bay Area Maritime Emergency Transportation Coordinator.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 317. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)