BILL NUMBER: AB 1549	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

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   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 owned by the department that house  fiber-optic
  fiber optic  communication cables, that are
located on state highway rights-of-way, and that were installed on or
after January 1, 2017, and to make that information available
 to the public upon request.   upon request of
verified companies or organizations working on broadband deployment.

   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
owned by the department that house  fiber-optic 
 fiber optic  communication cables, that are located on
state highway rights-of-way, and that were installed on or after
January 1, 2017. The department shall make the information available
 to the public upon request.   upon request of
verified companies or organizations working on broadband deployment.