BILL NUMBER: SBX1 33	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 15, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 14, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Machado

                        FEBRUARY 6, 2001

   An act relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 33, as amended, Machado.  Gas corporation public utility:
eminent domain.
   Under existing law, various entities have the power to exercise
eminent domain for separately designated purposes.
   This bill, in addition, would authorize a gas corporation public
utility, until June 1, 2002, to exercise the power of eminent domain
for the purpose of competing with another entity in the offering of
natural gas and  services related to natural gas 
 related services .  The bill would prohibit the Public
Utilities Commission from making a finding on a petition filed by a
gas corporation for those purposes.
   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.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 625 of the Public Utilities
Code, from the effective date of this act to June 1, 2002,
inclusive, a gas corporation public utility may exercise the power of
eminent domain, including, but not limited to, any authority
provided by Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, to condemn any property for the purpose
of competing with another entity in the offering of natural gas and
 services related to natural gas   related
services  .
   (b) The Public Utilities Commission may not make a finding on a
petition or complaint pending on the effective date of this act that
was filed pursuant to Section 625 of the Public Utilities Code by a
gas corporation public utility to condemn any property for the
purpose of competing with another entity in the offering of natural
gas and  services related to natural gas  
related services  .  The Public Utilities Commission shall
dismiss the petition or complaint.
   (c) This act shall become inoperative on June 1, 2002, and, as of
January 1, 2003, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is
enacted before January 1, 2003, deletes or extends the dates on which
it becomes inoperative and is repealed.