SB 486, as introduced, McGuire. Public Utility Districts: ordinances.
The Public Utility District Act authorizes the formation of public utility districts and authorizes a district to acquire, construct, own, operate, or control works for supplying its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service or other means of communication, or means for the disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter. The act provides for the election of a board of directors to govern each district and authorizes a board to act only by ordinance, resolution, or motion. The act provides that no ordinance passed by the board takes effect less than 30 days after its passage and requires that, at least one week before the expiration of this 30-day period, copies of the ordinance be posted by the clerk of the district at 3 public places in the district and, if there is a newspaper of general circulation, requires that the ordinance be published in the newspaper, as specified.
This bill would require that no ordinance passed by the board take effect less than 45 days after its passage and would make conforming changes to the posting and publishing requirements.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 16075 of the Public Utilities Code is
2amended to read:
No ordinance passed by the board takes effect less than
4begin delete 30end deletebegin insert 45end insert days after its passage. At least one week before the expiration
5of thebegin delete said 30 daysend deletebegin insert 45-end insertbegin insertday period,end insert copies of the ordinance shall
6be posted by the clerk at three public places in the district, and if
7there is a newspaper of general circulation printed and published
8in
the district, the ordinance shall be published in the newspaper
9pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.
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