BILL NUMBER: AB 1775	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Obernolte

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2016

   An act to amend Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1775, as introduced, Obernolte. Public utilities: rates.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the
rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those
rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires a
public utility to furnish and maintain such adequate, efficient,
just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and
facilities as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort,
and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   451.   (a)    All charges demanded or received
by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for
any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service
rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust
or unreasonable charge demanded or received for such  a 
product or commodity or service is unlawful. 
   Every 
    (b)     Every  public utility shall
furnish and maintain such adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable
service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, including
telephone facilities, as defined in Section 54.1 of the Civil Code,
as are  necesary   necessary  to promote
the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons,
employees, and the public. 
   All 
    (c)     All  rules made by  a
 public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or
service to the public shall be just and reasonable.