Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 14. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025.
(a)(1) The office shall adopt guidelines setting forth the requirements, format, timing, and any other matters required to exercise its powers, perform its duties, and meet its responsibilities described in this part and Sections 326.1 and 326.2 of, and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 8385) of Division 4.1 of, the Public Utilities Code.
(2)Before adopting guidelines, the office shall hold at least one public meeting or workshop and allow all interested stakeholders and members of the public an opportunity to comment. Not less than 10 days’ public
notice shall be given of any meetings or workshops required by this section.
(b)Substantive changes to the guidelines shall not be adopted without at least 30 days’ written notice to the public and opportunity to comment. This notice period may run concurrently with the meeting notice requirements in subdivision (a). If a substantive change is made after the 30-day public comment period and before the adoption of the guidelines, the full text of the resulting guidelines, with the change clearly indicated, shall be made available to the public for comments for at least 10 days before the office adopts the guidelines.
(c)The Any guidelines adopted pursuant to this section are exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2. Any
duly adopted rules or guidelines in effect and used by the former Wildfire Safety Division as of July 1, 2021, shall remain valid and in effect as to the office pending the adoption of new or amended guidelines by the office pursuant to this section.
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