BILL NUMBER: AB 1389	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bermudez and Longville)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 7912 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1389, as amended, Ridley-Thomas.  Public Utilities Commission:
reports:  hiring:  capital investment.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities.
   This bill would require any public utility employing more than 750
total employees to annually report certain information to the
commission and would require the commission to annually report  that
information to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and
the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or
successor committees, and to make the information available to the
public on its Internet Web site.
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Public utilities serve a vital function, providing basic
infrastructure essential to the efficient conduct of commerce and
societal interaction.
   (b) In exchange for the state's granting of a certificate of
public convenience and necessity or a wireless identification
registration number, public utilities bear a heightened
responsibility for contributing to the public interest.
   (c) The public interest has been interpreted to include providing
an adequate level of public utility service at a just and reasonable
rate.  A more complete interpretation of the public interest would
also give consideration to the benefits of public utility employment
to the state and its residents.
   (d) Given the difficult economic climate and the increasing
unemployment rate within the State of California, it is necessary and
proper state policy to encourage the employment of Californians by
California's public utilities.
   (e) The Public Utilities Commission should monitor and annually
report to the Legislature, information showing the levels of
employment of California residents and capital investment in
California by public utilities, so that the state can ensure greater
oversight of public utilities and more comprehensive, informed
policymaking.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7912 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   7912.  (a)  Public utilities   A public
utility  employing more than 750 total employees shall annually
report to the commission all of the following:
   (1) The number of customers served in California by the public
utility.
   (2) The percentage of the public  utilities' 
 utility's  total domestic customer base that resides in
California.
   (3) The number of California residents employed by the public
utility, calculated on a full-time or full-time equivalent basis.
   (4) The percentage of the public  utilities' 
 utility's  total domestic workforce, calculated on a
full-time or full-time equivalent basis, that resides in California.

   (5) The capital investment in the public utility's tangible and
intangible plant which ordinarily have a service life of more than
one year, including plant used by the company or others in providing
public utility services, in California during the yearly reporting
period.
   (6) The number of California residents employed by independent
contractors and consultants hired by the public utility, calculated
on a full-time or full-time equivalent basis  , when the public
utility has obtained this information upon requesting it from the
independent contractor or consultant, and the public utility is not
contractually prohibited from disclosing the information to the
public .  This subdivision is inapplicable to contractors and
consultants that are a public utility subject to the reporting
requirements of this section.   This paragraph applies only to
those employees of an independent contractor or consultant that are
personally providing services to the public utility, and does not
apply to employees of an independent contractor or consultant not
personally performing services for the public utility.  
   (b) The commission may require any business that is a subsidiary
or affiliate of, or a corporation which holds a controlling interest
in, a public utility, to report similar information when reporting
this information furthers the purposes of this section.
   (c)  
   (b)  The commission shall annually report the information
required to be reported by public utilities pursuant to subdivision
(a), to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the
Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their
successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall
make the information available to the public on its Internet Web
site.