BILL NUMBER: SB 834	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to add Section 713 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 834, as introduced, Bowen.  Public utilities.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to
supervise and regulate every public utility in the state.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to establish
policies, in subsequent legislation, to reform the regulation of
public utilities.
   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 713 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   713.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in subsequent
legislation, to establish policies to reform the regulation of public
utilities.