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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Utility property: leases for park purposes."
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description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. Under the existing Public Utilities Act, a public utility is required to seek commission approval prior to selling, leasing, assigning, mortgaging, or otherwise disposing of or encumbering any property necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 521"
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citation: "California AB 521 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Utility property: leases for park purposes."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["De La Torre"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2009-02-25"
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last_action: "2009-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2074d6d-a677-478f-b466-c9e4ce64dcfc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521"
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source_hash: "5ed87fc6ae99b28c704dbfdc57e8b50ecf1d7734cf53893fd37c2a3c92def5ce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 521 (20092010) — Utility property: leases for park purposes.
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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. Under the existing Public Utilities Act, a public utility is required to seek commission approval prior to selling, leasing, assigning, mortgaging, or otherwise disposing of or encumbering any property necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521&version=20090AB52199INT)
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2. **04/20/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521&version=20090AB52198AMD)
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3. **06/08/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521&version=20090AB52197AMD)
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4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521&version=20090AB52195CHP)
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5. **AB521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521)
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6. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB521&version=20090AB52196ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 521 DE LA TORRE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 521 DE LA TORRE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB521 De La Torre By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- De La Torre — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
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- **2009-03-16** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 12. Page 1222.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 2063.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2009-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
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- **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 2978.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
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- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 448, Statutes of 2009.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2074d6d-a677-478f-b466-c9e4ce64dcfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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