BILL NUMBER: AB 838	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 5381.5 of the Public
Utilities Code, relating to charter-party carriers of passengers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 838, as amended, Hill. Charter-party carriers of passengers:
reports.
   The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain
exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from
engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the
Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate
or permit, as appropriate, from the commission. Existing law
requires the commission to ensure that every charter-party carrier of
passengers includes on a waybill or trip report certain information,
including the name of at least one passenger in the traveling party.

   This bill  , beginning January 1, 2014,  would authorize
 , beginning January 1, 2014,  a waybill or trip
report to be kept in electronic or hardcopy format and  ,
when requested by an official authorized to inspect a waybill or trip
report,  would authorize the charter-party carrier of
passengers to provide the waybill or trip report in either electronic
or hardcopy format  when requested by any commission or airport
enforcement officer or any official of a city, county, or city and
county authorized to inspect a waybill or trip report .  The
bill would require, beginning January 1, 2014, a charter-party
carrier of passengers to produce in its office a hard copy of any
waybill or trip report when requested by the commission or one of its
authorized representatives. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5381.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   5381.5.  The commission shall, by rule or other appropriate
procedure, ensure that every charter-party carrier of passengers
operates on a prearranged basis within the state, consistent with
Section 5360.5. The commission shall require every charter-party
carrier of passengers to include on a waybill or trip report at least
all of the following:
   (a) The name of at least one passenger in the traveling party, or
identifying information of the traveling party's affiliation, along
with the point of origin and destination of the passenger or
traveling party.
   (b) Information as to whether the transportation was arranged by
telephone or written contract.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5381.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   5381.5.  (a) The commission shall, by rule or other appropriate
procedure, ensure that every charter-party carrier of passengers
operates on a prearranged basis within the state, consistent with
Section 5360.5. The commission shall require every charter-party
carrier of passengers to include on a waybill or trip report at least
all of the following:
   (1) The name of at least one passenger in the traveling party, or
identifying information of the traveling party's affiliation, along
with the point of origin and destination of the passenger or
traveling party.
   (2) Information as to whether the transportation was arranged by
telephone, written contract, or electronic communication.
   (b) A waybill or trip report may be kept in electronic or hardcopy
format. When requested by  an official   any
commission or airport enforcement officer or any official of a city,
county, or city and county  authorized to inspect a waybill or
trip report  pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 5371.4 
, the waybill or trip report may be provided in either electronic or
hardcopy format. 
   (c) A charter-party carrier of passengers shall produce in its
office a hard copy of any waybill or trip report when requested by
the commission or one of its authorized representatives pursuant to
Section 5389.  
   (c) 
    (d)  This section shall become operative on January 1,
2014.