Leland Yee
- Democratic
Author
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities and can establish its own procedures, subject to statutory limitations or directions and constitutional requirements of due process. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to investigate the cause of all accidents occurring upon the property of any public utility or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, resulting in loss of life or injury to person or property and requiring, in the judgment of the commission, investigation by it, and authorizes the commission to make any order or recommendation with respect to the investigation that it determines to be just and reasonable. This bill would require that any order or recommendation made by the commission and any accident report filed with, or generated by, the commission pursuant to these requirements be made available and ready for public review in compliance with the California Public Records Act and these provisions. (2) The Public Utilities Act prohibits the commission or an officer or employee of the commission from disclosing any information furnished to the commission by a public utility, a subsidiary, an affiliate, or corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility, unless the information is specifically required to be open to public inspection under the act, except on order of the commission or a commissioner in the course of a hearing or proceeding. The act provides that any present or former officer or employee of the commission who divulges this information is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require the commission, for those records subject to public disclosure, to determine, prior to disclosing any record, whether any exemptions to the California Public Records Act or other law restricting disclosure applies to that record. This bill would require the commission to create a list of safety-related reports submitted by gas corporations or electrical corporations that the commission would, upon completion of the reports, automatically disclose to the public. The bill would require the commission, prior to disclosing any record, to determine whether any exemptions to the California Public Records Act or other law restricting disclosure apply to that record. The bill would require the commission to post certain information on its Internet Web site.
Set, second hearing. Failed passage in committee.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 3697.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 17. Page 3556.)
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3557.)
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Yee.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3513.) (May 14).
Set for hearing May 14.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 7.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3309.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 24.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 4. Page 3205.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
Set for hearing April 17.
Hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 20.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1000 | HTML |
| 02/06/12 - Introduced | |
| 04/10/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/18/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/23/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/14/12 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
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