SB 697 — Public Utilities Commission Accountability Act of 2015: reports: audits: electrical restructuring: charter-party carriers of passengers.

Summary

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.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/08/15 - Chaptered Current pdf October 08, 2015
• Enrolled 09/10/15 - Enrolled pdf September 10, 2015
• Amended 09/03/15 - Amended Assembly pdf September 03, 2015
• Amended 08/27/15 - Amended Assembly pdf August 27, 2015
• Amended 07/08/15 - Amended Assembly pdf July 08, 2015
• Amended 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly pdf June 24, 2015
• Amended 04/09/15 - Amended Senate pdf April 09, 2015
• Introduced 02/27/15 - Introduced pdf February 27, 2015
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Action History

1. October 08, 2015

   Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 612, Statutes of 2015.

2. October 08, 2015

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 15, 2015

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.

4. September 10, 2015

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2677.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

5. September 09, 2015

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

6. September 09, 2015

   Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3030.) Ordered to the Senate.

7. September 03, 2015

   Ordered to third reading.

8. September 03, 2015

   Read third time and amended.

9. August 27, 2015

   Ordered to third reading.

10. August 27, 2015

    Read third time and amended.

11. August 24, 2015

    Ordered to third reading.

12. August 24, 2015

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.

13. August 20, 2015

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

14. August 19, 2015

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19).

15. July 09, 2015

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

16. July 08, 2015

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

17. July 07, 2015

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 6).

18. June 24, 2015

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C.

19. June 01, 2015

    Referred to Com. on U. & C.

20. May 11, 2015

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

21. May 11, 2015

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 949.) Ordered to the Assembly.

22. May 05, 2015

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

23. May 04, 2015

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 884.) (May 4).

24. April 24, 2015

    Set for hearing May 4.

25. April 21, 2015

    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.

26. April 09, 2015

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

27. March 24, 2015

    Set for hearing April 21.

28. March 19, 2015

    Referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

29. March 02, 2015

    Read first time.

30. March 02, 2015

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.

31. February 27, 2015

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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• Hertzberg · Primary

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