Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The division, in consultation with transportation planning agencies as designated by the director pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code, shall prepare a California Aviation System Plan, which shall include, but not be limited to, every California airport designated in …

The California Aviation System Plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following elements: (a) A background and introduction element, which summarizes aviation activity in California and establishes goals and objectives for aviation improvement. (b) An air transport…

The division shall submit the California Aviation System Plan to the commission. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1149, Sec. 2.)

The division, in consultation with the transportation planning agencies, shall biennially revise the capital improvement plan developed pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 21702, and the division shall submit the revised capital improvement plan to the commission. The division…

The commission shall review, hold public hearings on, and, based on these hearings, adopt or revise and adopt as revised, the California Aviation System Plan and its subsequent revisions. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1149, Sec. 2.)

The division shall require that every project submitted for funding from the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund shall be consistent with the California Aviation System Plan. Applications for funding shall be processed in accordance with the procedures adopted by…

Any funds necessary to carry out Sections 21701, 21702, and 21704 shall be obtained from federal grants, except for updates of the capital improvement plan and policy elements of the California Aviation System Plan, which may be funded from nonfederal sources. (Amended by Stats. …

As used in this chapter, “board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the principal county. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

If the revenues of the district are inadequate to pay the interest or principal of the bonded indebtedness of the district as it becomes due, or to pay any other expenses of or claims against the district, the board of directors shall transmit to the board of supervisors and the …

The board shall transmit the estimates to the board of supervisors and the county auditor at least 15 days before the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors is required to levy taxes for county purposes. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

Annually, after receiving the estimates, the board of supervisors shall levy a tax sufficient for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonded indebtedness, designated as the “____ airport bond tax,” and a tax sufficient for the payment of all other expenses of, and cl…

The bond tax shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds for the year and the portion of the principal becoming due during the year. The bond tax shall also be sufficient to raise annually for the first half of the term of the bonds a sum sufficient to pay the interest f…

The proceeds of the bond tax shall be paid into the treasury of the principal county to the credit of the district interest and sinking fund and shall be used only for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds. The treasurer of the principal county shall pay the prin…

The rate of the district tax levied in any one year shall not exceed twenty cents ($0.20) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the real and personal property in the district, exclusive of the bond tax. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

The bond and district taxes shall be levied on all the taxable property in the district. They shall be levied by the board of supervisors and collected by the tax collector of the principal county at the time and in the manner and form as county taxes are levied and collected. Th…

A district may impose a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The special taxes shall be applied uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the district, except that …

As used in this chapter, the term “electrical corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in Section 218, and the term “gas corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in Section 222. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1202.)

The commission shall permit any electrical or gas corporation to institute a home insulation assistance and financing program for its residential customers in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall develop and adopt, by regulation or order, such requ…

A home insulation assistance and financing program shall meet the requirements specified in Sections 2784 to 2786, inclusive, and such other requirements as the commission may impose. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1202.)

A customer of a participating electrical or gas corporation who is the owner or mortgagor of real property or tenant of such property with a written consent of the owner may apply to the corporation for home insulation assistance and financing. To qualify for financing, such cust…

Upon approval of an application, the corporation shall arrange for a licensed contractor to perform the necessary work. Upon approval of an estimate by the customer and the corporation, the corporation shall direct the work to commence. All attic insulation installations shall me…

An electrical or gas corporation shall provide for payment by a customer for whom home insulation has been installed pursuant to this chapter through such periodic billing procedures as may be established by the corporation. The corporation may require an initial payment toward t…

As an alternative to the provisions of Section 2786, an electrical or gas corporation may conclude financial arrangements with one or more lending institutions in this state engaged in making home improvement loans to provide loans to customers for purposes of home insulation pur…

The commission shall allow for purposes of setting the rates of any electrical or gas corporation participating in a home insulation assistance and financing program all expenses which the commission finds are reasonably related to the implementation and administration of the pro…

Notwithstanding any provision of this part, the commission may permit or require any electrical or gas corporation subject to its jurisdiction to institute energy conservation programs for its customers, including related financial assistance at terms found reasonable by the comm…

(a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income customers if the commission determines that a significant need for those services exists in the corporation’s service territory, taking into consideration both…

(a) For purposes of this section, “third-party entity” means an entity, other than a large electrical corporation, other insurer or reinsurer admitted to conduct the business of insurance in California or in compliance with Sections 1765.1 and 1765.2 of the Insurance Code, or a l…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Deenergization event” means the proactive interruption of electrical service for the purpose of mitigating or avoiding the risk of causing a wildfire. (2) “Electrical cooperative” has the same meaning …

(a) Each electrical corporation shall construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire posed by those electrical lines and equipment, taking into account both the time required to implement the pr…

The commission may assess penalties on an electrical corporation that fails to comply with its plan. In determining an appropriate amount of the penalty, the commission shall consider all of the following: (a) The nature and severity of any noncompliance, including whether the no…

(a) The commission shall not allow a large electrical corporation to include in its equity rate base its share, as determined pursuant to the allocation specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 3299.3, of the six billion dollars ($6,000,000,000) that the large ele…

(a) The commission shall require a safety culture assessment of each electrical corporation to be conducted by an independent third-party evaluator. The commission shall set the schedule for each assessment, including updates to the assessment at least every five years. The elect…

(a) (1) (A) The office shall approve or deny each wildfire mitigation plan within nine months of its submission. (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for an electrical corporation that is not an independent transmission owner, the wildfire mitigation plan is subject to approval …

(a) (1) The commission shall consider the cost of implementing each electrical corporation’s plan in its general rate case proceeding and shall approve the costs for wildfire risk mitigation programs and activities it determines are just and reasonable. (2) In the commission’s di…

The commission, the office, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to cooperatively develop consistent approaches and share data related to fire prevention, safety, vegetation management, and energy distribution systems. …

(a) All electrical line clearance tree trimmers performing work to comply with the vegetation management requirements in an electrical corporation’s wildfire mitigation plan shall be qualified line clearance tree trimmers, or trainees under the direct supervision and instruction …

(a) Each local publicly owned electric utility and electrical cooperative shall construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of wildfire posed by those electrical lines and equipment. (b) (1) The local publicly owned …

(a) An electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or community choice aggregator with a contract to procure electricity generated from biomass pursuant to Section 399.20.3, commission Resolution E-4770 (March 17, 2016), or commission Resolution E-4805 (October…

(a) The commission shall establish an expedited utility distribution infrastructure undergrounding program consistent with this section. (b) Only a large electrical corporation may participate in the program. (c) In order to participate in the program, a large electrical corporat…

(a) The Director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety shall issue a certificate to an electrical corporation if the electrical corporation provides documentation of the following: (1) The electrical corporation has an approved wildfire mitigation plan pursuant to subdivi…

The decision of the California Supreme Court in Los Angeles County Transportation Agency v. Richmond (1982), 31 Cal. 3d 197, shall be applicable to and control, and the decision of the California Supreme Court in Rider v. County of San Diego (1991), 1 Cal. 4th 1, shall not be app…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Air and Transportation Improvement Bond Act of 1990. (Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 116.)

Bonds in the total amount of one billion nine hundred ninety million dollars ($1,990,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this part and to be used to reimburse the …

The proceeds of bonds and notes issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Clean Air and Transportation Improvement Fund created by Section 99610. (Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 116.)

The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all provisions of tha…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Transportation Improvement Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this chapter, the Transportation Improv…