BILL NUMBER: SB 486	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 16075 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to public utility districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 16075 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   16075.  No ordinance passed by the board takes effect less than
 30   45 days after its passage. At least
one week before the expiration of the  said 30 days 
 45-   day period,  copies of the ordinance shall
be posted by the clerk at three public places in the district, and if
there is a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in
the district, the ordinance shall be published in the newspaper
pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code.