Amended in Assembly April 25, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1366

Introduced by Assembly Member Allen

February 22, 2013

An act to add and repeal Section 5353.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to charter-party carriers of passengers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1366, as amended, Allen. Charter-party carriers of passengers: report by Public Utilities Commission.

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, and imposes various other requirements. Existing law establishes various exclusions to the act. Pursuant to existing law, the commission has opened Rulemaking 12-12-011 to assess public safety risks and to ensure that the safety of the public is not compromised in the operation of transportation services utilizing new transportation business models.

This bill would require the commission, by begin delete January 1, 2014, to report to the Legislature summarizing end delete begin insert February 1, 2014, to include in a specified annual report to the Legislature, a summary of end insert the results and conclusions of the commission in Rulemaking 12-12-011, including any recommendations to the Legislature of proposed statutory changes. The bill would repeal this requirement on January 1, 2018.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 5353.1 is added to the Public Utilities
Code, to read:

5353.1.  

(a) Not later than begin delete January 1, 2014, end delete begin insert February 1, 2014, end insert
the commission begin delete shall end delete begin insert shall, in its annual end insert report begin insert submitted end insert to the
Legislature begin delete summarizing end delete begin insert pursuant to Section 321.6, include a
summary of end insert the results and conclusions of the commission in
Rulemaking 12-12-011, Order Instituting Rulemaking on
Regulations Relating to Passenger Carriers, Ridesharing, and New
Online-Enabled Transportation Services, Filed December 20, 2012,
including any recommendations to the Legislature of proposed
statutory changes.

(b) (1) The report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code.

(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2018.