BILL NUMBER: AB 2499	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jerome Horton

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2004

   An act to add Section 366.8 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2499, as introduced, Jerome Horton.  Electrical service:
reliability.
   Existing law, the Public Utilities Act, states that it is the
policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature, to reaffirm
that each electrical corporation continue to operate its electric
distribution grid in its service territory and do so in a safe,
reliable, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to ensure that all customers who receive electrical
service from a newly created entity are provided with reliable
service.
   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.  Section 366.8 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   366.8.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
to ensure that all customers who receive electrical service from a
newly created entity are provided with reliable service.