Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual ag…

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan, on officers or employees of a district. Upon authorizatio…

Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or pr…

(a) A contract or agreement shall not be made, or assumed, with any labor organization, association, group, or individual that denies membership to, or in any manner discriminates against, any employee on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code…

If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The State Conciliation Service shall promptly hold a pu…

Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, the district shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts. To the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all…

The district shall not acquire any existing system or part thereof whether by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, nor shall the district dispose of or lease any transit system or part thereof, nor merge, consolidate or coordinate any transit system or part thereof, or re…

Notwithstanding any provision of the Government Code, employees of this district may authorize and, upon that authorization, the district may make deductions from their wages and salaries as follows: (a) Pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with a duly designated or cert…

The obligation of the district to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with such labor organization covering the wages, hours and working conditions of the employees represented by su…

The district may provide for a retirement system; provided, that the adoption, terms and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the district represented by a labor organization in accordance with this section shall be pursuant to a collective bargaining agreeme…

The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, as amended. (Added by Stats. 1964, 1s…

The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation disability and unemployment insurance laws of the State of California. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1454.)

Any person who wilfully and maliciously does any injury to telegraph or telephone or electric power or gas property is liable to the corporation for three times the amount of actual damages sustained thereby, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. (Enacted by Sta…

Any person who injures or destroys, through want of proper care, any necessary or useful facility or equipment of any telegraph, telephone, electrical, or gas corporation, is liable to the corporation for all damages sustained thereby. The measure of damages to the facility or eq…

No telegraph, telephone, electrical or gas corporation can recover damages for the breaking, injury or destruction of any underwater cable or gas pipeline, unless the corporation has previously placed a marker on the bank of the waters under which the cable or pipeline is placed,…

It is the policy of the state to modernize the state’s electrical transmission and distribution system to maintain safe, reliable, efficient, and secure electrical service, with infrastructure that can meet future growth in demand and achieve all of the following, which together …

For purposes of this chapter, “ISO” means the Independent System Operator operating pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 345) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)

(a) By July 1, 2010, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the ISO, and other key stakeholders shall determine the requirements for a smart grid deployment plan consistent with Section 8360 and federal law, including the provisions of Title XIII (commencing …

This chapter shall be implemented in a manner that does not compromise customer or worker safety or the integrity or reliability of the electrical transmission and distribution system in this state. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)

(a) By July 1, 2011, each electrical corporation shall develop and submit a smart grid deployment plan to the commission for approval. (b) This section does not require or authorize the commission to delay action on an application by an electrical corporation that is submitted pr…

Smart grid technology may be deployed in a manner to maximize the benefit and minimize the cost to ratepayers and to achieve the benefits of smart grid technology. The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the ISO, and electrical corporations, shall evaluate the…

The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of this chapter for any electrical corporation with fewer than 100,000 service connections, as individual circumstances merit. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)

Each local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 service connections, shall, by July 1, 2011, develop a smart grid deployment plan, that is consistent with federal law, including the provisions of Title XIII (commencing with Section 1301) of the Energy Independen…

(a) If a majority of the employees employed by a transit district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, then the board after determining pursuant to Section 95651 that the labor organization represents the emp…

If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation Service for disposition. The State Conciliation Service shall promptly hold a pu…

Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the …

Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, priv…

The persons entitled to pension benefits as provided for in Section 95653 and the benefits which are provided shall be specified in the agreement or order by which any public utility is acquired by the district. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1835.)

All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual ag…

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan, on officers or employees of the district. Upon authorizat…

For purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “District” means the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, including all operations and extensions of its transportation system, regardless of modality or vehicle type. (b) “Employee organization” means an orga…

(a) It is a primary purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of personnel management and employer-employee relations within the district by providing a uniform basis for recognizing the right of employees to join employee organizations of their own choice, to be represe…

Appointments and promotions in the service of the transit district shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, in so far as is practicable, by competitive examination. (Added by renumbering Section 98160 by Stats. 2022, Ch. 240, Sec. 1. (SB 957) Effective Jan…

(a) All individuals shall have equal opportunity to obtain and hold employment, and to advance in that employment, without discrimination on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of th…

(a) All employees of the district are to be free from interference, coercion, and restraint in associating themselves together for their mutual benefit in connection with their employment. They may designate representatives of their own choosing and, collectively or individually,…

(a) Any question that may arise with respect to whether a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit desire to be represented by a labor organization shall be submitted to the director of the California State Mediation and Conciliation Service, a division within the Public …

Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, to the extent necessary for operation of facilities, all of the employees of such public utility whose duties pertain to the …

Whenever any district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings in eminent domain or otherwise, that has a pension plan in operation, members and beneficiaries of such pension plan shall continue to have the rights, priv…

All persons receiving pension benefits from such acquired public utility and all persons entitled to pension benefits under the pension plan of such acquired public utility may become members or receive pensions under the retirement system established by the district by mutual ag…

(a) Notwithstanding the Government Code, the board may authorize payment of any or all of the premiums on any group life, accident and health insurance, health and welfare plan, or pension or retirement plan on officers or employees of the district. (b) Upon authorization by its …

(a) The obligation of the district is to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and, when an agreement is reached, to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with the labor organization covering the wages, hours, and working conditi…

(a) The district shall not require any employee, who is a member of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting labor organizations, to join or financially support any public employee labor organiza…

It is unlawful for the district to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, to discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rights gu…

It is unlawful for an employee organization to do any of the following: (a) Impose or threaten to impose reprisals on employees, discriminate or threaten to discriminate against employees, or otherwise interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees because of their exercise of rig…

(a) This chapter shall not displace, or supplant, the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3610) of Division 4.5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, and the impasse resolution and injunctive relief procedures provided for pursuant to Sections 3612 to 3614, inclusive,…

(a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Public Employment Relations Board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of that board not to issue a complaint in such a case, may petition for a writ of extraordinary relief f…