John M. W. Moorlach
- Republican
Author
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission, authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature, and authorizes the Legislature, unlimited by the other provisions of the California Constitution, to confer additional authority and jurisdiction upon the commission that is cognate and germane to the regulation of public utilities. The Public Utilities Act provides the commission with broad authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law establishes standards that are applicable to any person, as defined, to run, place, erect, or maintain wires or cables used to conduct electricity and requires the commission to enforce these standards. Pursuant to its existing authority, the commission has adopted rules for the construction of electrical lines and the trimming of trees near electrical lines. Except as specified, existing law requires any person that owns, controls, operates, or maintains any electrical transmission or distribution line upon any mountainous, forest-covered, brush-covered, or grass-covered land to maintain a clearance in all directions between all vegetation and all conductors that are carrying electric current, as prescribed. This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to prioritize areas in which communities are subject to conditions that increase fire hazards associated with overhead utility facilities when determining areas in which it will require enhanced mitigation measures for wildfire hazards posed by overhead electrical lines and equipment. The bill would require the commission to develop a definition of "enhanced mitigation measures" for these purposes. The bill, as part of any findings supporting a decision to approve the boundaries for those areas, would require the commission to describe how the commission incorporated the concerns of local governments, fire departments, or both in determining those boundaries.
Vetoed by the Governor.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5432.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5914.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and NAT. RES.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4060.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4011.) (May 27).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 27.
May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 16.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3496.) (April 12).
Set for hearing April 12.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3393.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
Set for hearing April 5.
Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and N.R. & W.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1463 | HTML |
| 02/19/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/28/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/06/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/19/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/30/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/29/16 - Enrolled |
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