Robert M. Hertzberg
- Democratic
Author
The California Constitution establishes the Public Utilities Commission and authorizes the commission to exercise ratemaking and rulemaking authority over all public utilities, as defined, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law requires the commission to report various information to the Legislature. This bill would adopt the Public Utilities Commission Accountability Act of 2015. The bill would recast certain of the commission's reporting requirements to an article within the Public Utilities Act pertaining to reports by the commission to the Legislature and make other conforming changes. The bill would require the commission to report specified information on a quarterly basis relative to implementation of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. Existing law relative to restructuring of the electrical industry authorizes an electrical corporation to apply to the commission for a determination that certain transition costs, as defined, may be recovered through fixed transition amounts, which would constitute transition property, as defined, and provides, until December 31, 2015, for the issuance of financing orders and provides for the issuance of rate reduction bonds to be paid out of rates. This bill would extend the authorization for the issuance of financing orders from December 31, 2015, to December 31, 2016. The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act places charter-party carriers of passengers, as defined, under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. Under existing law, no charter-party carrier of passengers may operate a motor vehicle on a public highway unless there is displayed on the vehicle a distinctive identifying symbol, in the form prescribed by the commission, showing the classification to which the carrier belongs. For motor vehicles designed to carry not more than 8 passengers, the commission is required to issue a suitable decal with an identifying symbol and of a specified size for that purpose. This bill would repeal that provision requiring the issuance of the decal. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 281 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by AB 1262, to be operative only if AB 1262 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 5387 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by SB 541, to be operative only if SB 541 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2016, and this bill is chaptered last.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 612, Statutes of 2015.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2677.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3030.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19).
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 6).
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 36. Noes 0. Page 949.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 884.) (May 4).
Set for hearing May 4.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 724.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.
Set for hearing April 21.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB697 | HTML |
| 02/27/15 - Introduced | |
| 04/09/15 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/08/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/27/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/03/15 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/10/15 - Enrolled | |
| 10/08/15 - Chaptered |
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