BILL NUMBER: AB 1235	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 19, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leslie

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 377.1 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1235, as amended, Leslie.  Generation facilities:  sale or
transfer.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Act, the Public Utilities
Commission is granted jurisdiction over certain facilities for the
generation of electricity owned by any public utility.  The act
prohibits any public utility from disposing of a facility for the
generation of electricity prior to January 1, 2006.
   This bill would exempt the 4 run-of-river hydroelectric project
works located on the Truckee River from these provisions  ,
and would exempt any facility for the generation of electricity
located outside the state from the provision that prohibits
disposition of those facilities until January 1, 2006  .
   The bill would declare that, due to the unique circumstances of
the 4 run-of-river hydroelectric project works located on the Truckee
River, a general statute cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution,
and the enactment of a special statute is therefore necessary.
   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 377.1 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   377.1.   (a)  Section 377 does not apply to the
four run-of-river hydroelectric project works located on the Truckee
River, as referenced in Section 210(b)(17) of Public Law 101-618.

   (b) The prohibition on the disposal of a facility for the
generating of electricity owned by a public utility prior to January
1, 2006, pursuant to Section 377 does not apply to the transfer or
sale of a facility for the generation of electricity located outside
of the state and owned by a company whose primary place of business
is outside of the state. 
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that, because of the
unique circumstances applicable only to the four run-of-river
hydroelectric project works located on the Truckee River, a statute
of general applicability cannot be enacted within the meaning of
subdivision (b) of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution.  Therefore, this special statute is necessary.