BILL NUMBER: AB 1549	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  505
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2016
	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, Wood.  Department of Transportation: state highway
rights-of-way: broadband: fiber optic 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 notify companies and
organizations working on broadband deployment on its Internet Web
site of specified department-led highway construction projects and
would authorize those companies and organizations to collaborate with
the department to install a broadband conduit as part of each
project. The bill would require the department, in consultation with
stakeholders, on or before January 1, 2018, to develop guidelines to
facilitate the installation of broadband conduit on state highway
rights-of-way.


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) For purposes of this section, "companies or
organizations working on broadband deployment" includes, but is not
limited to, local governments, nonprofit organizations, cable
television corporations, as defined in Section 216.4 of the Public
Utilities Code, and telephone corporations, as defined in Section 234
of the Public Utilities Code.
   (b) (1) During the project planning phase of a department-led
highway construction project that was initiated on or after January
1, 2017, is parallel to the highway, and involves construction
methods that are suitable for installing broadband conduit, the
department shall notify companies and organizations working on
broadband deployment of the project on its Internet Web site to
encourage collaborative broadband installations.
   (2) For the purpose of supporting fiber optic communication
cables, after receiving notification from the department, a company
or organization working on broadband deployment may collaborate with
the department to install a broadband conduit as part of the project.

   (3) The department, in consultation with stakeholders, on or
before January 1, 2018, shall develop guidelines to facilitate the
installation of broadband conduit on state highway rights-of-way. The
guidelines shall address access to information on existing assets
and collaboration on future projects.