BILL NUMBER: AB 1549	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 16, 2016
	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  cables: inventory.
  cables. 
   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  broadband  conduits owned by the department that house
fiber optic communication cables, that are located on state highway
rights-of-way, and that  were   are 
installed on or after January 1, 2017, and to make that information
available upon request of verified companies or organizations working
on broadband deployment.  The bill would require the department
to notify verified companies and organizations of department-led
highway construction projects and would authorize verified companies
or organizations to collaborate with the department to install a
broadband conduit as part of each project. The bill would require the
department, as part of each project, to install broadband conduit
capable of supporting fiber optic communication cables if no verified
company or organization collaborates with the department and no
broadband conduit previously exists in a project area   .

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

   (b) (1) During the design phase of a department-led highway
construction project, the department shall notify verified companies
and organizations of the project to encourage collaborative broadband
installations.  
   (2) For the purpose of supporting fiber optic communication
cables, after receiving notification from the department, a verified
company or organization may collaborate with the department to
install a broadband conduit as part of the project.  
   (3) If no verified company or organization collaborates with the
department and no broadband conduit previously exists in the project
area, the department, as part of the project, shall install a
broadband conduit capable of supporting fiber optic communication
cables.  
   (4) Nothing in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, requires the
department to report on cables owned by other entities.