BILL NUMBER: AB 746	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blakeslee

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

   An act to add Section 755 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 746, as introduced, Blakeslee.   Public utilities: billings.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to
supervise and regulate every public utility in the state.  Existing
law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public
utilities, subject to control by the Legislature. Existing law
authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every
public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and
reasonable.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to establish
policies to eliminate obstacles that prevent public utilities from
offering convenient bill payment methods to customers.
   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 755 is added to the  Public Utilities Code , to
read:
   755.    It is the intent of the Legislature, in subsequent
legislation, to establish policies to eliminate obstacles that
prevent public utilities from offering convenient bill payment
methods to customers.