California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 8386.6

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 406, Sec. 2. (SB 247) Effective January 1, 2020.
(a)All electrical line clearance tree trimmers performing work to comply with the vegetation management requirements in an electrical corporation’s wildfire mitigation plan shall be qualified line clearance tree trimmers, or trainees under the direct supervision and instruction of qualified line clearance tree trimmers, as provided in the High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders (Group 2 (commencing with Section 2700) of Subchapter 5 of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations) of the Department of Industrial Relations.
(b)All qualified line clearance tree trimmers shall be paid no less than the prevailing wage rate for a first period apprentice electrical utility lineman as determined by the Director of Industrial

Relations.

Cite this section

Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 8386.6 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/puc/division-4-1-provisions-applicable-to-privately-owned-and-publicly-owned-public-utilities/chapter-6-wildfire-mitigation/section-8386.6

Other sections in Chapter 6 - Wildfire Mitigation

§ 8385§ 8386§ 8386.1§ 8386.10§ 8386.2§ 8386.3§ 8386.4§ 8386.5§ 8386.6§ 8387§ 8388§ 8388.5§ 8389

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