BILL NUMBER: AB 838	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  341
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 5381.5 of the Public
Utilities Code, relating to charter-party carriers of passengers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 838, Hill. Charter-party carriers of passengers: reports.
   The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain
exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from
engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the
Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate
or permit, as appropriate, from the commission. Existing law
requires the commission to ensure that every charter-party carrier of
passengers includes on a waybill or trip report certain information,
including the name of at least one passenger in the traveling party.

   This bill, beginning January 1, 2014, would authorize a waybill or
trip report to be kept in electronic or hardcopy format and would
authorize the charter-party carrier of passengers to provide the
waybill or trip report in either electronic or hardcopy format when
requested by any commission or airport enforcement officer or any
official of a city, county, or city and county authorized to inspect
a waybill or trip report. The bill would require, beginning January
1, 2014, a charter-party carrier of passengers to produce in its
office a hardcopy of any waybill or trip report when requested by the
commission or one of its authorized representatives.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5381.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   5381.5.  The commission shall, by rule or other appropriate
procedure, ensure that every charter-party carrier of passengers
operates on a prearranged basis within the state, consistent with
Section 5360.5. The commission shall require every charter-party
carrier of passengers to include on a waybill or trip report at least
all of the following:
   (a) The name of at least one passenger in the traveling party, or
identifying information of the traveling party's affiliation, along
with the point of origin and destination of the passenger or
traveling party.
   (b) Information as to whether the transportation was arranged by
telephone or written contract.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5381.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   5381.5.  (a) The commission shall, by rule or other appropriate
procedure, ensure that every charter-party carrier of passengers
operates on a prearranged basis within the state, consistent with
Section 5360.5. The commission shall require every charter-party
carrier of passengers to include on a waybill or trip report at least
all of the following:
   (1) The name of at least one passenger in the traveling party, or
identifying information of the traveling party's affiliation, along
with the point of origin and destination of the passenger or
traveling party.
   (2) Information as to whether the transportation was arranged by
telephone, written contract, or electronic communication.
   (b) A waybill or trip report may be kept in electronic or hardcopy
format. When requested by any commission or airport enforcement
officer or any official of a city, county, or city and county
authorized to inspect a waybill or trip report pursuant to
subdivision (h) of Section 5371.4, the waybill or trip report may be
provided in either electronic or hardcopy format.
   (c) A charter-party carrier of passengers shall produce in its
office a hardcopy of any waybill or trip report when requested by the
commission or one of its authorized representatives pursuant to
Section 5389.
   (d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.