Section 21505 Of Chapter 3.7. Wire Strike Education And Prevention From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.7.
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. (a) The Division of Aeronautics, in cooperation with the
aviation industry and the electric utility industry and in
consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration, shall
coordinate and disseminate information provided by the working group
to pilots to increase awareness of wire hazards and to communicate
techniques for identifying and avoiding wires.
(b) For purposes of coordinating and disseminating the information
provided to the division by the working group pursuant to
subdivision (a), every electrical corporation and publicly owned
electrical utility in this state which serves 250,000 or more
customers shall pay a one-time fee in a sufficient amount so that the
total of all fees collected does not exceed one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000). The fee shall be in the proportion that each
utility's total miles of transmission line greater than 110 kilovolts
bears to the total miles of transmission line greater than 110
kilovolts statewide.
(c) All fees collected pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
deposited in the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund
to be continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation
for the purposes set forth in subdivision (a).