Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

(a) There is hereby established the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board. The board shall advise the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety established pursuant to Section 15473 of the Government Code. (b) The board shall consist of seven members. Five members shall be appoi…

The California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board shall do both of the following: (a) Review and provide comments and advisory opinions to local publicly owned electric utilities and electrical cooperatives regarding the content and sufficiency of their wildfire mitigation plans and …

(a) The electrical corporations and gas corporations that participate in the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program, as established pursuant to Section 739.1, shall administer low-income energy efficiency and rate assistance programs described in Sections 382, 739.1…

The administrator shall carry out the duties of this part and may do all of the following, subject to the oversight of the council: (a) Retain, employ, or contract with officers, experts, employees, accountants, actuaries, financial professionals, and other executives, advisers, …

There shall be a limited civil immunity, and no criminal liability in a private capacity, on account of any act performed or omitted or obligation entered into in an official capacity, when done or omitted in good faith and without intent to defraud, on the part of the counsel, t…

(a) The administrator shall prepare and submit to the council an annual report on the operations, financial condition, and activities of the fund and the account that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) The Wildfire Fund assets and the account assets. (2) P…

(a) There is hereby created the Wildfire Fund, which is not a fund in the State Treasury. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fund is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this part. (c) (1) The fund shall be admini…

(a) The fund shall be initially capitalized by a loan from the state’s Surplus Money Investment Fund pursuant to Section 3288. (b) Proceeds of any bonds issued as provided in Division 28 (commencing with Section 80500) of the Water Code shall be used as provided in Section 80550 …

The Director of Finance may, at any time, examine the books and records of the council and the administrator relating to the operation, management, and administration of the fund. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)

(a) If Section 3291 is operative, the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Treasurer and the administrator, shall determine the amount and timing of moneys needed to support the purposes of this part. The Director of Finance shall request those moneys from the Controller…

(a) (1) No later than July 26, 2019, the commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider using its authority pursuant to Section 701 to require each electrical corporation, except a regional electrical corporation that chooses not to participate in any fund pursuant…

The authority may only exercise its powers pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3340) of Chapter 3 for the following purposes: (a) Establish, finance, purchase, lease, own, operate, acquire, or construct generating facilities and other projects and enterprises, on its o…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)

“Act” means the Golden State Energy Act. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)

“Acquisition of Pacific Gas and Electric Company” means the acquisition of the property, as defined in Section 1235.170 of the Code of Civil Procedure, including any franchise rights and stock, of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, including by eminent domain. (Added by Stats. 202…

“Board” means Golden State Energy’s board of directors described in Part 2 (commencing with Section 3420). (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)

“Decision 20-05-053” means Decision 20-05-053 (May 28, 2019) Decision Approving Reorganization Plan in Investigation 19-09-016 (September 26, 2019) Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission’s Own Motion to Consider the Ratemaking and Other Implications of a Proposed Plan …

“Indebtedness” means bonds, notes, commercial paper, variable rate and variable maturity securities, other obligations, and any other evidences of indebtedness issued by Golden State Energy. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)

“Pacific Gas and Electric Company” means Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E Corporation, any subsidiary or affiliate of the foregoing holding any assets related to the provision of electrical or gas service within Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s service territory, and any …

“Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s service territory” means the boundaries and specifications of the company’s service territory on the date of the closing of the acquisition of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 350) Effective January …

“Wildfire Fund” means the Wildfire Fund created pursuant to Section 3284. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 12. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)

A retail transactions and use tax ordinance applicable in the incorporated and unincorporated territory of the county may be imposed by the district in accordance with this chapter and Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if the …

(a) The district, in the ordinance, shall do all of the following: (1) State the nature of the tax to be imposed. (2) Establish the tax rate, which may be in 14 percent increments and shall not exceed a maximum tax rate of 1 percent. (3) Specify the period during which the tax wi…

(a) The county shall conduct the special election called by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 60100. If the measure is approved, the district shall reimburse the county for its cost in conducting the special election. (b) The special election shall be called and conduc…

(a) Any transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 120 days after adoption of the ordinance. (b) Prior to the operative date of the ordinance, the district shall contra…

The revenues from the taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter may be allocated by the district for the construction and improvement of state highways, the construction, maintenance, improvement, and operation of local streets, roads, and highways, and the construction, improvement…

(a) A county transportation expenditure plan shall be prepared for the expenditure of the revenues expected to be derived from the tax imposed pursuant to this chapter, together with other federal, state, and local funds expected to be available for transportation improvements, f…

(a) The district may annually review and propose amendments to the county transportation expenditure plan adopted pursuant to Section 60106 to provide for the use of additional federal, state, and local funds, to account for unexpected revenues, or to take into consideration unfo…

Street railroads are governed by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7501), so far as it is applicable, unless street railroads are therein specially excepted. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 172.)

When a street railroad is constructed, owned, or operated by any natural person, this chapter is applicable to such person in like manner as it is applicable to corporations. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Any street railroad or any street railway corporation may sell, lease, convey, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets, including franchises, under authority of a resolution of its board of directors and with the approval of…

Authority to lay railroad tracks through the streets and public highways of any city or city and county may be obtained for a term of years not exceeding 50, from the governing body of the city or city and county, under such restrictions and limitations, and upon such terms and p…

The city governing body, in granting the right of way to a street railroad corporation, in addition to the restrictions which they are authorized to impose, shall require a strict compliance with the following conditions, except in the cases of prismoidal or other elevated railwa…

The legislative body of any city or city and county may permit two or more lines of street railway to use the same portion of the same street or the same tracks upon such terms as are agreed upon by the companies operating the railways, but no permission shall be granted to one c…

Where the portion of the street is occupied by a track or tracks of a different gauge from the track or tracks proposed to be constructed thereon by a line of street railway under a different management, the latter street railway may nevertheless construct its track or tracks, su…

Any city or city and county may own and operate street railways within or without its corporate limits and may occupy the same street or tracks occupied or used by any street railway within its limits for any number of blocks, upon payment to the owner thereof of an equal portion…

Any proposed railroad track may be permitted to cross any track already constructed, the crossing being made as provided in Chapter 1 of this division. In laying down the track and preparing therefor, not more than one block shall be obstructed at any one time, nor for a longer p…

Street railway cars shall be of the most approved construction for the comfort and convenience of passengers, and provided with brakes to stop them, when required. A violation of this section subjects the corporation to a fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense. (Amen…

Cities in or through which street railroads run may make such further regulations for the government of the street railroads as may be necessary to a full enjoyment of the franchise and the enforcement of the conditions provided herein. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

In every grant to construct street railroads, the right to grade, sewer, pave, macadamize, or otherwise improve, alter, or repair the streets or highways, is reserved to the city and cannot be alienated or impaired. The work shall be done so as to obstruct the railroad as little …

The right to lay down a track for grading purposes and to maintain it for a period not to exceed three years may be granted by the governing body of any city, city and county, or county, but no such track shall remain more than three years upon any one street. The track shall be …

Any corporation, or agent or employee thereof, demanding or charging a greater sum of money for fare on the cars of a street railroad than that fixed by law forfeits to the person from whom the sum is received, or who is thus overcharged, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), to…

Every street railroad corporation shall provide, and on request furnish to all persons desiring a passage on its cars, any required quantity of passenger tickets or checks, each to be good for one ride. Any corporation failing to provide and furnish tickets or checks to any perso…

Upon the trial of an action for any of the sums forfeited, as provided in Sections 7814 or 7815, proof that the person demanding or receiving the money as fare, or for the sale of the ticket or check, was at the time of making the demand or receiving the money, engaged in an offi…

Any street railroad corporation operating cars on the streets of cities or on the county roads within the State for the conveyance of passengers, propelled by means of wire ropes attached to stationary engines, or by electricity or compressed air, who runs, operates, or uses any …

Any person operating or driving a street car who becomes or is intoxicated while so engaged in operating or driving such street car is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)