Bill Text: CA SB1205 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Fire protection services: inspections: compliance reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 854, Statutes of 2018. [SB1205 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1205-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 07, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 01, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 16, 2018 |
Senate Bill | No. 1205 |
Introduced by Senator Hill |
February 15, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(1)Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including gas and electrical corporations. The Public Utilities Act requires the commission to investigate the cause of all accidents occurring upon the property of any public utility or directly or indirectly arising from or connected with its maintenance or operation, resulting in loss of life or injury to person or property and requiring, in the judgment of the commission, investigation by it. Existing law authorizes the commission to make any order or recommendation with respect to the investigation that it determines to be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to develop and implement a safety enforcement program that is applicable to gas and electrical corporations and that includes procedures for monitoring, data tracking and analysis,
and investigations, as well as issuance of citations by commission staff, under the direction of the executive director of the commission. Existing law requires gas and electrical corporations to report various information to the commission.
This bill would require gas and electrical corporations to report to the commission any self-identified violation of an applicable law, or order or rule of the commission, that poses a significant safety threat, causes a systemwide impact, affects a large geographic region, or involves fraud, sabotage, falsification of records, or any other instance of deception by a gas or electrical
corporation’s agent, employee, contractor, or subcontractor, as specified.
(2)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 a commission order or other action would be required to implement the provisions of this bill and because a violation of that commission order or action would be a crime, this 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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13146.4 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:13146.4.
(a) Every city or county fire department or district required to perform an annual inspection pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 shall report annually to its respective city council or county board of supervisors, as the case may be, on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3.SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.The commission shall require, at minimum, each gas or electrical corporation to report to the commission before the 15th of each month a self-identified violation of an applicable law, or order or rule of the commission, that was identified in the prior calendar month and that does any of the following:
(a)Poses a
significant safety threat to the public or its staff, contractors, or subcontractors.
(b)Causes a systemwide impact or affects a large geographic region.
(c)Involves any instance of fraud, sabotage, falsification of records, or any other instance of deception by a gas or electrical corporation’s agent, employee, contractor, or subcontractor.
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.