Amended in Assembly January 13, 2016

Amended in Assembly January 4, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1549

Introduced by Assembly Member Wood

September 11, 2015

An act to add Section 14051 to the Government Code, relating to highways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1549, as amended, Wood. Department of Transportation: state highway rights-of-way: fiber-optic cables: inventory.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of state highways and associated property. Existing law provides for the department to issue encroachment permits with respect to structures and activities in, under, or over any portion of the right-of-way of a state highway.

This bill would require the department to maintain an inventory of all conduits begin insert owned by the department end insert that house fiber-optic communication begin delete cables end delete begin insert cables, that are end insert located on state highway begin delete rights-of-way, end delete begin insert rights-of-way, and that were installed on or after January 1, 2017, end insert and to make that information available to the public upon request.

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 14051 is added to the Government Code,
to read:

14051.  

The department shall maintain an inventory of all
conduits begin insert owned by the department end insert that house fiber-optic
communication begin delete cables end delete begin insert cables, that are end insert located on state highway
begin delete rights-of-way. end delete begin insert rights-of-way, and that were installed on or after
January 1, 2017. end insert The department shall make the information
available to the public upon request.