Bill Text: CA SB631 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public Utilities Commission: fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 237, Statutes of 2015. [SB631 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB631-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 631	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  237
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 17, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 1904 of, and to repeal Section 1906 of,
the Public Utilities Code, relating to the Public Utilities
Commission.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 631, Hueso. Public Utilities Commission: fees.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the
commission to charge and collect a fee of $75 for filing each
application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or
for the mortgage, lease, transfer, or assignment of a certificate.
   This bill would require a fee of $500 for filing these
applications and would authorize the commission to adjust this fee
based on the Consumer Price Index.
   Existing law establishes the Public Utilities Commission Utilities
Reimbursement Account and generally provides that all fees and
charges collected under the Public Utilities Code from each public
utility, except penalties, be paid into the fund. Other existing law
provides that specified fees, including, but not limited to, the fee
for filing each application for a certificate of public convenience
and necessity, or for the mortgage, lease, transfer, or assignment of
a certificate, are required to be paid at least once each month into
the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
   This bill would repeal the provision that requires certain fees to
be paid at least once each month into the State Treasury to the
credit of the General Fund.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1904 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   1904.  The commission shall also charge and collect the following
fees:
   (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1036 for filing each
application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or
for the mortgage, lease, transfer, or assignment thereof, five
hundred dollars ($500). The commission may adjust this fee based on
the Consumer Price Index.
   (b) For a certificate authorizing an issue of bonds, notes, or
other evidences of indebtedness, two dollars ($2) for each one
thousand dollars ($1,000) of the face value of the authorized issue
or fraction thereof up to one million dollars ($1,000,000), one
dollar ($1) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) over one million
dollars ($1,000,000) and up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000), and
fifty cents ($0.50) for each one thousand dollars ($1,000) over ten
million dollars ($10,000,000), with a minimum fee in any case of
fifty dollars ($50). No fee need be paid on such portion of any such
issue as may be used to guarantee, take over, refund, discharge, or
retire any stock, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness on
which a fee has theretofore been paid to the commission. If the
commission modified the amount of the issue requested in any case and
the applicant thereupon elects not to avail itself of the commission'
s authorization, no fee shall be paid, and if such fee is paid prior
to the issuance of such certificate by the commission, such fee shall
be returned.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1906 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.