BILL NUMBER: SB 1885	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to add Article 9 (commencing with Section 640) to Chapter 3
of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to
public utilities.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1885, as introduced, Bowen.  Electrical corporations.
   The Public Utilities Act governs the rights and obligations of
public utilities and subjects them to regulation by the Public
Utilities Commission.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to reaffirm
the obligation of electrical corporations to serve consumers.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


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


  SECTION 1.  Article 9 (commencing with Section 640) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, to
read:

      Article 9.  Rights and Responsibilities of Public Utilities

   640.  It is the intent of the Legislature to reaffirm the
obligation of electrical corporations to serve consumers.