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. (a) The commission shall exempt the construction of any
line, plant, or system, or extension thereof, located outside the
boundaries of the state from the requirements of Section 1001, upon
the application of the public utility constructing that line, plant,
or system, or extension thereof, if the public utility derives 75
percent or more of its operating revenues from outside the state, as
recorded in the fiscal period immediately before the filing of the
application, unless the commission determines that the public
interest requires that the construction should not be exempt from
Section 1001.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the commission shall
make the determination denying the exemption, as specified in
subdivision (a), within 90 days after the public utility files the
application for exemption with the commission. If the commission
fails to make this determination within that 90-day period, the
construction of that line, plant, or system, or extension thereof, is
exempt from the requirements of Section 1001.
(c) The commission and the public utility filing the application
for exemption may, if both agree, extend the time period within which
the commission is required to make the determination denying the
exemption, for not more than an additional 60 days after the
expiration of the 90-day period specified in subdivision (b).