Bill Text: CA AB3144 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Utility relocation agreements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-17 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 18. [AB3144 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB3144-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3144

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Introduced by Assembly Member Addis

February 16, 2024

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An act to amend Section 7000 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to utility relocation agreements.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3144, as introduced, Addis. Utility relocation agreements.

Existing law authorizes a relocation agreement between certain utilities, cable television corporations, or cable operators and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, entered into in connection with a transit or transportation capital improvement project.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the definition of “utility” applicable to the above described utility relocation agreement provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 7000 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:

7000.

 (a) For purposes of this chapter, a utility shall mean “utility” means all of the following:

(1) An electric electrical corporation.

(2) A water corporation.

(3) A telephone corporation.

(4) A telecommunications carrier, as defined in Section 153 of Title 47 of the United States Code.

(5) A gas corporation.

(6) A local publicly owned electric utility and a publicly owned gas utility.

(7) A special district that owns or operates utilities.

(b) This chapter shall also apply to the following entities:

(1) A cable television corporation.

(2) A cable operator, as defined in Section 522 of Title 47 of the United States Code.