Cal. Gov. Code § 11546.9
Department of Technology
Redline — January 1, 2019 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2019
(a) The Secretary of the Government Operations Agency shall appoint a blockchain working group and designate the chairperson of that group on or before July 1, 2019, to evaluate all of the following:
(1) The uses of blockchain in state government and California-based businesses.
(2) The risks, including privacy risks, associated with the use of blockchain by state government and California-based businesses.
(3) The benefits associated with the use of blockchain by state government and California-based businesses.
(4) The legal implications associated with the use of blockchain by state government and California-based businesses.
(5) The best practices for enabling blockchain technology to benefit the State of California, California-based businesses, and California residents.
(b) The working group shall consist of participants from all of the following:
(1) Three appointees from the technology industry.
(2) Three appointees from nontechnology-related industries.
(3) Three appointees with a background in law chosen in consultation with the Judicial Council.
(4) Two appointees representing privacy organizations.
(5) Two appointees representing consumer organizations.
(6) The State Chief Information Officer, or his or her designee.
(7) The Director of Finance, or his or her designee.
(8) The chief information officers of three other state agencies, departments, or commissions.
(9) One member of the Senate, appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(c) The blockchain working group shall take input from a broad range of stakeholders with a diverse range of interests affected by state policies governing emerging technologies, privacy, business, the courts, the legal community, and state government.
(d) On or before July 1, 2020, the blockchain working group shall report to the Legislature on the potential uses, risks, and benefits of the use of blockchain technology by state government and California-based businesses.
(1) The working group’s report shall include recommendations for modifications to the definition of blockchain in Section 11546.8 and recommendations for amendments to other code sections that may be impacted by the deployment of blockchain.
(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(e) The members of the working group shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends that date.
(a) On or before May 1, 2024, the Department of Technology, with input from relevant state agencies and relevant stakeholders, shall conduct, complete, and submit a report to the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and the Assembly Committee on Communications and Conveyance that reviews and identifies all of the following:
(1) Barriers to, and opportunities for, the investment in and efficient building of broadband access points on private and government-owned structures and property, private and public lands and buildings, and public rights of way.
(2) Barriers to, and opportunities for, access to mobile and fixed broadband internet service infrastructure by low-income tribal, urban, and rural customers, and to underserved communities.
(b) The report shall provide recommendations on how to accelerate deployment of broadband access points to serve tribes, low-income customers, and disadvantaged or underserved communities.
(c) At a minimum, the report shall consider whether, and if so, the extent to which the following factors serve as barriers to investment or deployment of broadband access points and shall make recommendations on how to overcome these barriers:
(1) The processes for and cost of obtaining electric service to broadband access points.
(2) Processes for obtaining state, county, or local permits to deploy broadband access points.
(3) Regulatory and legal obstacles in deploying fiber to transport broadband traffic from broadband access points.
(4) The lack of legal limitations on the price for leasing private or public property to deploy broadband access points on public and private property and buildings.
(5) The cost of leasing access to middle-mile broadband networks.
(6) California Coastal Commission permitting policies.
(7) Local coastal plans that use California Coastal Commission policies.
(8) The permitting policies and processes to deploy on property governed by port authorities.
(9) Air quality management district permitting requirements.
(10) Noise abatement regulations that result in delay or block investment in, and deployment of, broadband access points.
(11) The income of households in the area and the economic feasibility for internet service providers to deploy in areas.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Broadband access points” means both wireless broadband access points and wireline broadband access points.
(2) “Relevant stakeholders” means representatives of each of the following: law enforcement agencies, public safety community, public first responder personnel and providers, wireless service and infrastructure providers and their trade associations, cable communications providers and their trade association, wireline communications providers and their trade association, tribes, municipal government and city associations, county governments and county associations, investor-owned utilities, publicly owned utilities, organized labor, California manufacturing associations, consumer and ratepayer advocacy organizations, and technology associations.
(3) “Relevant state agencies” means the Department of Transportation, the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Office of Emergency Services, and the California Coastal Commission.
(4) “Wireless broadband access points” means poles, buildings, property, towers, and base stations upon which wireless transmission and transport facilities are installed.
(5) “Wireline broadband access points” includes coax and fiber transport and distribution facilities and the poles, buildings, property, and structures, upon which these facilities are installed.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.