BILL NUMBER: AB 1651	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  815
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Obernolte

                        JANUARY 12, 2016

   An act to add Sections 324.7 and 324.8 to the Public Utilities
Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1651, Obernolte. Public Utilities Commission: contracts.
   Existing law generally authorizes state agencies, including the
Public Utilities Commission, to enter into contracts, and requires
those contracts to be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to
procedures set forth in the Public Contract Code, subject to certain
exceptions.
   This bill would require the commission to make available on its
Internet Web site free of charge information about each contract that
it enters into, including specified information about the contract
and contracting parties. The bill would require this information to
be published no less frequently than once a year. The bill would also
require the commission to make available on its Internet Web site
audits conducted by the Department of General Services of the
commission's contracting practices.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Public Utilities Commission Contracting Transparency Act of 2016.
  SEC. 2.  Section 324.7 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   324.7.  No less frequently than once a year, the commission shall
make the following information about each contract that the
commission enters into available free of charge on its Internet Web
site:
   (a) The names, addresses, and points of contact of the parties to
the contract.
   (b) The goods and services requested, as applicable.
   (c) The contract value.
  SEC. 3.  Section 324.8 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   324.8.  The commission shall make available on its Internet Web
site audits conducted by the Department of General Services of the
commission's contracting practices.