California Assembly Bill AB1990 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1990INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fong FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act to amend Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1990, as introduced, Fong. Public utilities: rates and charges: service. Existing law requires that all public utility charges be just and reasonable and that every public utility furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public. Existing law further requires that all rules made by a public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the public to be just and reasonable. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. 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 451 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 451.  (a)    All charges demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge demanded or received for  such   that  product or commodity or service is unlawful.  Every   (b)     Every  public utility shall furnish and maintain  such  adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, including telephone facilities, as defined in Section 54.1 of the Civil Code, as  are necesary   necessary  to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.  All   (c)     All  rules made by  a  public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be just and reasonable.