BILL NUMBER:  SB 119
  VETOED	DATE: 10/10/2015




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 119 without my signature.

This bill would create the California Underground Facilities Safe
Excavation Advisory Committee, within the Contractors' State
Licensing Board, in order to enforce existing and new provisions
related to safe excavation.

I understand that the telecommunications and cable companies have
resisted providing explicit enforcement authority to the Public
Utilities Commission over excavation safety.   However, it is the
Public Utilities Commission, and not the Contractors' State Licensing
Board, that has the technical expertise and funds and should be
given full authority to enforce and regulate excavation activities
near subsurface installations.

This is a matter of public safety, and I look forward to working
closely with the author to achieve our mutual goal.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.