Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

For the purpose set forth in Sections 10002 and 10003 a municipal corporation may acquire, own, control, sell, or exchange lands, easements, licenses, and rights of every nature within or without its corporate limits, and may operate a public utility within or without the corpora…

(a) Except as provided for in subdivision (b), any judicial action or proceeding against a municipal corporation that provides electric utility service, to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, or motion fixing or changing a rate or charge for an ele…

Whenever, in the operation of a utility, a municipality develops an excess of water, light, heat, or power, over and above the amount which is necessary for the use of the municipality and its inhabitants, or such portion thereof as the legislative body of the municipality determ…

No lease of a public utility is valid for a period of more than 15 years, and all such leases shall be let to the highest bidder at public auction. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

(a) Every public utility furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when such advertising encourages increased consumption of such services or commodities. (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a public utility furnishing light, heat, or power fro…

(a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b) If a public utility furnishes individually metered residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants in a…

(a) If a public utility furnishes light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants through a master meter in a multiunit residential structure, mobilehome park, or permanent residential structures in a labor camp, as defined in Section 17008 of the Health and Safety Code, an…

(a) The decision of a public utility to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the public utility prior to establishing an account and furnishing service shall be based solely upon the creditworthiness of the applicant as determined by the public utili…

(a) No public utility furnishing light, water, power, or heat may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the public utility first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, as provided in Section 10010.1. (b) No public utility …

(a) A public utility furnishing light, heat, water, or power shall not terminate residential service on account of nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the public utility first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, at least 10 days prior to the proposed …

No electrical, gas, heat, or water public utility shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any electric, gas, heat, or water services, cause cessation of any such services on any Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or at any time during which the business offices of the public…

Whenever a business transaction of a public utility, as defined in Section 10001, furnishing electricity, gas, water service where the utility has 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone service is such that a personal appearance by a person is required by the utility an…

Every public utility shall comply with Section 8029.5. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 549, Sec. 2.)

(a) Subsequent to signing a contingent franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency, a privatizer shall apply to the commission for a determination that the proposed privatization project is not a public utility within the meaning of Section 216 and is therefore e…

The commission may enter into a contract with a local agency to provide any technical assistance needed to comply with Section 10013, if the contract includes provisions for the commission to be reimbursed for its estimated reasonable costs. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1430, Sec. …

This division may be cited as the “Municipal Utility District Act.” (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“District” means a municipal utility district formed under this division or under Chapter 218 of the Statutes of 1921, as originally enacted or subsequently amended; “special district” means a special district for sewage disposal or solid waste resource recovery purposes created …

“Public agency” includes a city, county water district, county sanitation district, or sanitary district. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“Sewage disposal” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of intercepting sewers, sewage treatment works, pumping plants, outfall sewers, and appurtenances. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or nomination paper, means percent of the total vote cast, exclusive of vote by mail ballots, within the proposed district, district, proposed special district, special district, or ter…

“Solid Waste Resource Recovery” means the acquisition, construction, enlargement, operation, and maintenance of facilities for the purpose of collecting, reducing, separating, recovering, converting, and recycling solid waste, and for the purpose of disposing of solid waste resid…

“Electricity district” means a municipal utility district formed under this division that furnishes electricity to more than 100,000 customers. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1396, Sec. 2.)

This division may be cited as “The Public Utility District Act.” (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

“District” means a public utility district formed pursuant to this division. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

“Board” means the board of directors of a district. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

“Elector,” “voter,” or “qualified elector,” means a voter whose name appears on the great register of the county in which the district is located, or any supplement thereto, allowed by law to be used to determine the eligibility of persons to vote at municipal or county elections…

“Original and primary proposition” means the proposition to incorporate the proposed district with all of the proposed territory joining in the proceedings and mentioned and described in the several petitions presented by the electors. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

“Person” means an individual, a firm or a copartnership. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1271.)

This part may be cited as the “Transit District Law.” (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 117.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except Section 24826, elections for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10 of the Elections Code). Any cos…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1056.)

“District” means a transit district formed under this part; “board” means the board of directors of a district. (Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 603.)

“Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

“Transit” means the transportation of passengers and their incidental baggage by any means. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

“Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for transit service. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

“Percent of the total vote cast,” when used with reference to the requirements of any petition or nomination paper, means percent of the total vote cast, exclusive of vote by mail ballots, within the proposed district, district, city or territory, as the case may be at the last s…

“City” includes city and county and incorporated town, but does not include unincorporated town or village. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

“Public agency” includes a city, city and county, a county, the State of California, or any public district organized under the laws of the State of California or any agency or authority of any thereof. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

Any municipal corporation may retain or surrender to the commission the powers of control vested in it to supervise and regulate the relationship between any one or more classes of public utilities, and their present or prospective customers, consumers, or patrons, and, if it has…

This chapter shall not be construed to authorize any municipal corporation to surrender to the commission its powers of control to supervise and regulate the relationship between a public utility and the general public in matters affecting the health, convenience, and safety of t…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“Municipal corporation” means a city and county or incorporated city. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“Legislative body” means the board of supervisors, municipal council, commission, or other legislative or governing body of a municipal corporation. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)