BILL NUMBER: SB 1339	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 2701 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1339, as introduced, Huff. Water.
   Existing law provides that any person, firm, or corporation, and
their lessees, trustees, or receivers, who sell, lease, rent, or
deliver water to any person, firm, corporation, municipality, or any
other political subdivision of the state, whether under contract or
otherwise, is a public utility, and is subject to the provisions of
the Public Utilities Act and to the jurisdiction, control, and
regulation of the Public Utilities Commission, except as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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 2701 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   2701.  Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees,
receivers or trustees appointed by any court  whatsoever
 , owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water
system within this  State   state  , who
sells, leases, rents, or delivers water to any person, firm,
corporation, municipality, or any other political subdivision of the
 State   state  , whether under contract or
otherwise, is a public utility, and is subject to the provisions of
Part 1  (commencing with Section 201)  of Division 1 and to
the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission, except
as otherwise provided in this chapter.