Official Summary Text
SB 969, as amended, Reyes.
Developmental services: remote services.
Weights and measures: electric vehicle fueling systems.
Existing law vests the Department of Food and Agriculture with general supervision of the weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, including devices used to measure electricity sold as a motor vehicle fuel. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of state law governing weights and measures, and requires the secretary to establish, by regulation, tolerances and specifications and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring, as specified. Under regulations adopted pursuant to this authority, electric vehicle fueling systems used for commercial purposes are required to comply with specified requirements by certain dates based on the date of installation of the system and
whether the system supplies alternating, or direct, current electricity.
Existing law authorizes the secretary, and each sealer acting under the supervision and direction of the secretary, to enforce provisions of state law governing weights and measures, as specified. Existing law requires the sealer of a county to inspect and test weighing and measuring devices, as specified, that are used or sold in the county. Existing law requires the secretary to adopt regulations governing the inspection frequency of all commercially used weights, measures, and weighing and measuring apparatus in the state and requires each county sealer to perform those inspections as may be required by the secretary. Existing law makes a violation of the provisions of state law governing weights and measures a crime.
This bill would authorize a sealer to inspect an electric vehicle fueling system used for commercial purposes only on or after the
date that the system is required to comply with the regulations described above. The bill would prohibit a sealer from inspecting those systems more frequently than once every 3 years, except as specified, and would require a sealer to inspect those systems in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require a sealer, on an annual basis, to submit data and information relating those inspections to the Division of Measurement Standards and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, as specified.
Existing law requires the secretary to provide rules and regulations for the submission for approval of types or designs of weights, measures, or weighing, measuring, or counting instruments or devices, used for commercial purposes, and to issue certificates of approval of those types or designs as the secretary finds meet the requirements of state law, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person from maintaining, installing,
adjusting, reconditioning, or servicing a commercial weighing or measuring device for compensation unless the person registers with the secretary as a service agency. Existing law authorizes a weighing or measuring device to be placed in service only by a sealer or a service agency.
This bill would exempt type-approved electric vehicle fueling systems used for commercial purposes, without field-adjustable meters, that are factory tested and certified for metrological requirements by a factory registered service agency from, among other things, the requirement to be placed in service in the field by a service agency or sealer. The bill would require a service agency to perform a metrologically relevant repair of those systems, and would authorize all other repairs to be performed by other entities. The bill would require the owner, operator, or installer of such a system to register the installation of the system with a county sealer and submit a placed in service
report to the county sealer, as specified. Because a violation of that requirement would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would require, by July 1, 2028, the secretary, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, to update the regulations regarding electric vehicle fueling systems to conform to the requirements of the bill.
To the extent that the bill would expand the duties of county sealers, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for specified
reasons.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires, subject to an appropriation, the department to develop a pilot project to test the feasibility of remote consumer services and supports that use technology solutions. Existing law requires the department to pilot remote services and supports based on certain factors. Existing law requires the department to submit to the Legislature a final evaluation report on the pilot project no later than January 10, 2026.
The bill would require the department to develop a list of regional center services eligible for remote delivery. The bill would also require the department to develop, distribute, and post on its internet website, guidance to regional centers that includes a process for informing individuals and their families of the option to voluntarily receive remote services and requirements for service providers
offering remote services, including the processes for authorization, billing, and documentation. The bill would authorize an individual and their family to voluntarily elect to receive remote services, as available, if it is determined in the individual program plan meeting that remote delivery would effectively meet the needs of an individual receiving services identified by the department to be eligible for remote delivery.