SB 1251: Mosquito abatement inspections.

Existing law, the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law, provides for the formation of mosquito abatement and vector control districts and specifies the powers and duties of the district boards, including the authority to request an inspection and abatement warrant to determine the presence of vectors or public nuisances, abate the nuisances, determine if a notice to abate a public nuisance has been complied with, and control vectors and treat property with control measures, as specified. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to provide the same services and exercise the same powers as a mosquito abatement and vector control district.

This bill would require an electrical utility, as defined, to enter into a vector management agreement with a mosquito abatement or vector control district or city or county health department within 180 days of a request to do so, as specified. The bill would specifically authorize a mosquito abatement district or vector control district or a city or county health department to seek that agreement. The bill would require the agreement to contain specified provisions, including the location of its electrical vaults, as defined, within the jurisdiction of the district or health department and a reasonable time for the electrical utility to provide supervised access to its electrical vaults. The bill would require a mosquito abatement district, vector control district, or local public health department to keep confidential utility infrastructure data that it receives pursuant to an agreement entered into between the electrical utility and the district or health department.

Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.