Bill Text: CA AB277 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: High-speed rail: power supply.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB277 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB277-Introduced.html
Bill Title: High-speed rail: power supply.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB277 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB277-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 277 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Galgiani FEBRUARY 7, 2011 An act to add Section 318 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities Commission. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 277, as introduced, Galgiani. Public Utilities Commission: high-speed rail: power supply. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The Public Utilities Act authorizes the commission to ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or service to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by specified public utilities, including all electrical corporations. Existing law, the California High-Speed Rail Act, creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state. This bill would require the commission to coordinate with the High-Speed Rail Authority to determine the power supply system requirements for high-speed rail operations. 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 318 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read: 318. The commission shall coordinate with the California High-Speed Rail Authority to determine the power supply system requirements for high-speed rail operations.