Cal. HSC § 2056 — California Code / Code hsc / Division 3 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 2056
Section 2056
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An electrical utility, upon receiving a request from a mosquito abatement district or vector control district or a city or county health department, shall enter into a vector management agreement with the requesting entity within 180 days of the request.

(2) A mosquito abatement district or vector control district or a city or county health department may seek a vector management agreement with an electrical utility pursuant to this section if efforts to obtain a voluntary cooperation agreement from the electrical utility have failed.

(b) A vector management agreement shall contain, but not be limited to, all of the following provisions:

(1) The locations of electrical vaults that the electrical utility, mosquito abatement district, or vector control district reasonably believe, due to the type or the location of the vault, may contain standing water within the jurisdiction of the district or health department.

(2) (A) A reasonable time period for the electrical utility to provide supervised access to its electrical vaults to the district or health department for surveillance, treatment, and post-treatment inspections.

(B) In determining the time period in subparagraph (A), the district or health department and the electrical utility shall consider the seasonality of mosquito activity in the area.

(3) The contact information for relevant individuals at the district or health department and the electrical utility.

(4) A time line for the periodic update of the information in this subdivision.

(5) Consideration, where feasible, of modifications to electrical vaults for the purposes of mosquito exclusion or discharge of captured waters.

(6) A minimum term of three years for the agreement, with provisions for modification or extension of the agreement.

(c) This section does not affect the existing authority of a mosquito abatement district or vector control district under Section 2040.

(d) (1) Utility infrastructure data disclosed pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential by the mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or city or county health department that receives the data.

(2) Data disclosure by the utility may be limited to the affected geographical area identified by the mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or health department, and disclosed in a manner deemed as a best practice by the utility for the safety and security of public utility infrastructure.

(e) An electrical utility that has an existing vector management agreement with a mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or a city or county health department is not subject to this section for as long as the agreement is in effect.

(f) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Electrical utility” means an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, or a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code.

(2) “Electrical vault” means an enclosure, either above or below ground, that may contain transformers or other electrical equipment and is the property of an electrical utility.