Bill Text: CA SB1210 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: New housing construction: electrical, gas, sewer, and water service: service connection information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-22 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. [SB1210 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB1210-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  April 10, 2024

Amended  IN  Senate  April 09, 2024

Amended  IN  Senate  March 18, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1210

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Introduced by Senator Skinner

February 15, 2024

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An act to add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 8400) to Division 4.1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to utility service.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1210, as amended, Skinner. New housing construction: electrical, gas, sewer, and water service: publicly available information. service connection information.

Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, gas corporations, sewer system corporations, and water corporations, while local publicly owned utilities, including municipal utility districts, public utility districts, and irrigation districts, are under the direction of their governing boards.

This bill would, for new housing construction, require those the above-described utilities to publicly post on their internet websites (1) the amount of any charge issued for a service connection, capacity, or other point of connection charge by the housing unit’s address, and (2) the schedule of fees for a service connection, capacity, or other point of connection charge, as specified. The bill would, for new housing construction, require each utility to ensure that its internet website allows an applicant for a service connection to, among other things, receive a reasonable estimate regarding when the utility will complete the applicant’s service connection. To the extent that this bill imposes new requirements on certain local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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: YES  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 8400) is added to Division 4.1 of the Public Utilities Code, to read:

CHAPTER  9. Electrical, Gas, Sewer, and Water Charges Service for New Housing Construction

8400.

 As used in this chapter, “utility” means any of the following that furnish electrical, gas, water, or sewer service, or any combination thereof, where the service is performed for, or the commodity is delivered to, the public or any portion thereof:

(a) An electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218.

(b) A gas corporation, as defined in Section 222.

(c) A sewer system corporation, as defined in Section 230.6.

(d) A water corporation, as defined in Section 241.

(e) A municipality or municipal corporation operating as a public utility pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 10001).

(f) A municipal utility district formed pursuant to the Municipal Utility District Act (Division 6 (commencing with Section 11501)).

(g) A public utility district formed pursuant to The Public Utility District Act (Division 7 (commencing with Section 15501)).

(h) An irrigation district formed pursuant to the Irrigation District Law (Division 11 (commencing with Section 20500) of the Water Code).

(i) A joint powers authority that includes one or more of the entities described in subdivisions (e) to (h), inclusive, and that owns electrical, gas, water, or sewer facilities, or furnishes electrical, gas, water, or sewer service over its own or its member’s system.

8401.

 For new housing construction, a each utility shall publicly post both of the following on its internet website:

(a) The amount of any charge issued for a service connection, capacity, or other point of connection charge by the housing unit’s address.

(b) The schedule of fees for a service connection, capacity, or other point of connection charge.

8402.

 For new housing construction, each utility shall ensure that its internet website allows an applicant for a service connection to do both of the following:

(a) Track where the applicant is at in the queue for service connection.

(b) Receive a reasonable estimate regarding when the utility will complete the applicant’s service connection.

SEC. 2.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.