Today's Law As Amended


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AB-1735 Public Utilities Commission: ratesetting and quasi-legislative cases.(2003-2004)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 1701.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

1701.5.
 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commission shall resolve the issues raised in the scoping memo within 18 months of the date the scoping memo is issued, unless the commission makes a written determination that the deadline cannot be met, including findings as to the reason, and issues an order extending the deadline. No single order may extend the deadline for more than 60 days.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may specify in a scoping memo a resolution date later than 18 months from the date the scoping memo is issued, if that scoping memo includes specific reasons for the necessity of a later date and the commissioner assigned to the case approves the date.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1701.6 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

1701.6.
 (a) The president of the commission shall annually appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and Assembly to report on the annual work plan access guide of the commission required pursuant to Section 321.6.
(b) The president of the commission shall annually appear before the appropriate policy committees of the Senate and Assembly to report on the annual report of the commission on the number of cases where resolution exceeded the time periods prescribed in scoping memos and the days that commissioners presided in hearings, pursuant to Section 13 of Chapter 856 of the Statutes of 1996.