BILL NUMBER: AB 2662	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hagman
   (Coauthor: Senator Huff)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 769 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to electricity.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2662, as introduced, Hagman. Electrical transmission towers.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations,
as defined. Existing law, the Public Utilities Act, establishes
requirements for equipment, practices, and facilities for public
utilities.
   This bill would prohibit an electrical corporation from
constructing substantially larger transmission towers in an easement
intended for smaller transmission towers when the easement runs
through an occupied residential area.
   Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any
order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the
commission is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill would be a
part of the act, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program by creating a new crime.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 769 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   769.  An electrical corporation shall not construct substantially
larger transmission towers in an easement intended for smaller
transmission towers when the easement runs through an occupied
residential area.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.