Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The district is hereby designated a rapid transit district and the transit facilities and services the district is authorized to acquire, own, operate, control, or use are designated a rapid transit system, for the purposes of Part 15 (commencing with Section 35001) and Part 16 (…

It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Santa Barbara metropolitan area which includes the City of Santa Barbara and adjacent territory, including but not limited to the Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito and Goleta areas, all situated in Santa Barbara Count…

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District may be created as provided in this act and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

Except as otherwise provided in this act elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in, all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general elections laws of the state. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the provisions of this act, except in the single instance provided in Section 96443, the…

The boundaries of the district shall not be affected by reason of the incorporation of any territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the district, or by reason of annexation to or detachment from any city of territory wholly or partly within the boundaries of the distri…

It is necessary that a transit district be established in the Santa Cruz metropolitan area which includes the Cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola and adjacent unincorporated territory in order to remedy the public transit problem of the area. The geographic location of the city in …

The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit System may be created as provided in this part and when so created may exercise the powers herein granted. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)

Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the general election laws of the state. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)

Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.)

Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the provisions of this part, except in the single instance provided in Section 98335, th…

There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to construct, operate, and maintain water and gas pipes, mains and conduits, electric light and power lines, telephone and telegraph lines, sewers and sewer mains, all with the necessary appurtenances, across,…

A municipal corporation exercising its rights under this article shall restore the road, street, alley, avenue, highway, canal, ditch, or flume so used to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be, and shall locate its use so as to interfere as little as possible with ot…

Before any municipal corporation uses any street, alley, avenue, or highway within any other municipal corporation or county, it shall request of the municipal corporation or county that has control over the street, alley, avenue, or highway to agree with it upon the location of …

If the two municipal corporations, or a municipal corporation and a county, are unable to agree on the terms and conditions and location of a use within three months after a proposal to do so, the municipal corporation proposing to use a street, alley, avenue, or highway may brin…

This article does not authorize the construction of any sanitary sewer within the territorial limits of any other municipality if the method of disposition of sewage therefrom is by discharging it in the Pacific Ocean within one mile of the territorial limits of the other municip…

Nothing in this article limits in any respect the jurisdiction, powers, and duties vested by law in the Public Utilities Commission or, with respect to state highways, in the Department of Transportation. In the event of any conflict of jurisdiction, that of the Public Utilities …

Upon the adoption of an ordinance of intention, or the presentation of a petition, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2931), the legislative body of the municipal corporation shall, by ordinance, order the holding of a special election for the purpose of submitting…

A special election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the adoption of the ordinance of intention, or the presentation of the petition to the legislative body. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)

Every special election held in any municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter, shall be called by the legislative body thereof, by ordinance, which shall specify the propositions to be submitted at the election and the date thereof, and, where provision is not oth…

The ordinance shall, prior to the election, be published five times in a daily newspaper printed and published in the municipal corporation, or twice in a weekly newspaper printed and published therein, if there is no such daily newspaper. If no daily or weekly newspaper is print…

The ballots to be used at any general municipal election or at any special election, at which is submitted the question whether a municipal corporation shall retain its powers of control respecting public utilities shall have printed thereon, in addition to the other matters requ…

If the propositions specified in Section 2965 are submitted at a special election in any municipal corporation, the legislative body or other body or board charged with the duty of canvassing the returns and declaring the result of elections in the municipal corporation, shall me…

Immediately upon the completion of the canvass of the returns of any special or general municipal election at which the propositions specified in Section 2965 were submitted, the legislative body or other body or board charged with the duty shall make an order declaring the resul…

If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified electors of the municipal corporation have voted to retain the powers of control of the municipal corporation respecting any particular class of public utility, the municipal corporati…

If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified electors voted not to retain the powers of control respecting any class of public utility, the municipal corporation is deemed to have elected not to retain the powers of control, and …

Immediately upon the entry of the order declaring the result of the election, the clerk of the legislative body or the registrar of voters of any municipal corporation having a board of election commissioners and a registrar of voters, shall make copies, in duplicate, of the orde…

Immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of the order in the office of the commission, the powers of control theretofore vested in the municipal corporation over any class or classes of public utilities which a majority of the qualified electors of the municipal corporatio…

Any municipal corporation which has retained the powers of control vested therein respecting any class or classes of public utilities may thereafter surrender its powers of control as to such class or classes of public utilities at a general municipal election, or at a special el…

The ballots to be used at the election shall have printed thereon, in addition to the other matters required by law, separate propositions as to each class of public utilities as to which the municipal corporation may retain its powers of control and as to which it is desired to …

The provisions of this chapter, insofar as applicable, shall govern elections called, conducted, and held under the provisions of this article and general municipal elections at which the propositions to surrender control of public utilities are submitted. If it appears from the …

The holding of a special election, or the submission of propositions at any general municipal election, under any of the provisions of this chapter, shall not be construed to preclude the holding of a subsequent special election or the subsequent submission of propositions at a g…

Except as otherwise in this chapter provided, the holding and conducting of elections pursuant to this chapter, the form of the ballots used, the opening and closing of the polls, the canvass of the returns, and the declaring of the result shall conform to such laws as are applic…

Three or more natural persons, all of whom are residents of this state, who are engaged in the production of gas within this state, may form an association pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of engaging in any activity in connection with any of the following: (a) The sellin…

Every railroad corporation is granted the right of way for the location, construction, and maintenance of its necessary works, and for every necessary adjunct thereto, over any swamp, overflowed, or other public lands of the State not otherwise disposed of or in use, not in any c…

The Secretary of Transportation may grant to every railroad corporation whose primary business is the transportation of passengers the rights-of-way for the location, construction, and maintenance of its necessary works and for every necessary adjunct thereto over any portion of …

(a) To ensure that a fair and reasonable price is paid for public acquisition of railroad rights-of-way, it is the intent of the Legislature to have railroad rights-of-way valuation procedures and guidelines developed and adopted for use when state and federal funds are expended.…

(a) Every railroad corporation is granted the right, subject to subdivision (b), to take from any of the lands belonging to the state, adjacent to the works of the corporation, all materials, such as wood, stone, and earth, naturally appurtenant thereto, which may be necessary an…

When any selection of a right of way, or land for an adjunct to the works of a railroad corporation, is made by any corporation, the secretary thereof shall transmit to the State Lands Commission, the State Controller, and the recorder of the county in which the selected lands ar…

If any corporation receiving state lands or appurtenances thereunder is dissolved, ceases to exist, is discontinued, or the route or line of its works is so changed as not to cover or cross the lands selected, or the use of the lands selected is abandoned, the selected lands reve…

No railroad corporation may use any street, alley, or highway, or any of the land, whether covered by water or otherwise, owned by any city or county, unless the right to do so is granted by a vote of the governing body of the city or county. If any railroad corporation operating…

The governing body of a county, city and county, or city, under such regulations, restrictions, and limitations, and upon such terms and payment of license tax as the county, city and county, or city may provide, may grant franchises to railroad corporations for the construction …

Notwithstanding Section 7556, to railroad corporations whose primary business is the transportation of passengers, the governing body of a county, city and county, or city under regulations, restrictions, and limitations, and upon terms and payment of a license tax as the county,…

Where any railroad or street railroad tracks are located on property that a public entity is authorized to acquire by eminent domain for road, highway, boulevard, street, or alley purposes or on property that a city, county, or municipal water district is authorized to acquire by…

There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right of way for the location, construction, and maintenance of water works and works for the generation and distribution of electrical power, and for every necessary adjunct thereto, over any swamp, overflowed, or …