Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

There is hereby appropriated from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to the department the amount of the proceeds of all sales, except the proceeds of sales pursuant to Section 14528.8 of the Government Code, leases, and rentals, on and after January 1, 19…

The department shall comply with applicable environmental protection laws and regulations when taking any action authorized by this division. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 781, Sec. 1.)

(a) (1) The board of directors shall consist of nine voting members, appointed as follows: (A) The Mayor of the City of San Diego shall appoint three persons, two of whom shall be subject to confirmation by the City Council of the City of San Diego. The persons appointed pursuant…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 170010 , the term of office of a member of the board of directors appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 170010 is three years. A member of the board of directors may continue to serve beyond the expiration of the ter…

(a) At the first meeting of the board of directors on or after February 1 of each even-numbered year, the board of directors shall meet and elect its officers, except for the chair of the board of directors, who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Diego. (b) The of…

(a) The board of directors shall govern the authority. (b) The board of directors shall establish policies for the operation of the authority. The board of directors shall provide for the implementation of those policies which are the responsibility of the authority’s chief execu…

(a) Meetings of the board of directors are subject to the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). (b) A majority of the total voting membership of the board of directors shall cons…

(a) The board of directors may adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, maintenance, operation, and use of its facilities and services. (b) A person who violates a rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by the board of directors is guilty of a misdemeanor p…

(a) The board of directors may provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each of its members may receive compensation in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) for each day of service. A member of the board of directors shall not receive compensation for more than eig…

(a) The audit committee formed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 170013 shall be a standing committee of the board of directors. Each member of the committee shall be a voting member. The public members shall be appointed by the board of directors for staggered three-year te…

(a) Upon request of the board of directors of the authority, and with the consent of any labor organization acting as the exclusive representative of employees of the authority whose rights are governed by a collective bargaining agreement, the board may enter into a contract to …

(a) The board of directors shall appoint the following executive employees of the authority: (1) Chief executive officer. (2) General counsel. (3) Auditor. (b) The chief executive officer shall be responsible for all of the following: (1) The implementation of the policies establ…

A county board of supervisors may create an authority to operate within the county to carry out this division, or may designate a transportation planning agency designated pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code or created pursuant to the Fresno County Transportation Imp…

(a) A board of supervisors that chooses to create an entirely new entity as an authority pursuant to Section 180050 shall determine the membership of the authority with the concurrence of a majority of the cities having a majority of the population in the incorporated area of the…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), members of an authority which is an entirely new entity shall serve for a term of not more than four years. (b) At the first meeting of an authority which is an entirely new entity convened pursuant to Section 180112 the members shall be…

(a) There is in the Transportation Agency a High-Speed Rail Authority. (b) (1) The authority is composed of 11 members as follows: (A) Five members appointed by the Governor. (B) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. (C) Two members appointed by the Speaker of t…

(a) Each voting member of the authority shall receive compensation of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that the member is attending to the business of the authority, but shall not receive more than five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month. (b) Voting members of th…

(a) The authority shall appoint an executive director, exempt from civil service, who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority, to administer the affairs of the authority as directed by the authority. (b) For purposes of managing and administering the ongoing work of the auth…

(a) (1) There is hereby created the High-Speed Rail Authority Office of the Inspector General. (2) The Governor shall appoint the High-Speed Rail Authority Inspector General to a four-year term from a list of three qualified individuals nominated by the Joint Legislative Audit Co…

(a) In coordination with the High-Speed Rail Authority, the Inspector General shall be provided with appropriate and adequate office space at the High-Speed Rail Authority’s offices or other facilities as necessary, together with such equipment, office supplies, maintenance servi…

Subject to applicable law, the Inspector General shall select, appoint, and employ officers and employees necessary to carry out the functions of the office. In making these selections, the Inspector General shall ensure that those officers and employees have the requisite traini…

The commission shall expend only that amount of the funds generated pursuant to this division for staff support, audit, administrative expenses, and contract services that are necessary and reasonable to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to this division. The commission sha…

The commission shall do all of the following with respect to the revenues derived from the transactions and use tax levied pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 240300): (a) Adopt an annual budget. (b) Cause a postaudit of the financial transactions and records of the co…

(a) The commission shall publish, pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code, notice of the time and place of the public hearing for the adoption of the annual budget not later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing. (b) The proposed annual budget shall be available f…

The commission may approve a transaction and use tax ordinance and ballot proposition and call an election in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 240300). (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 270, Sec. 2. Effective July 28, 1987.)

The department shall administer and enforce the provisions of this part and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration. Nothing in this part shall be construed as requiring any license for operators of aircraft other than that required by the federal governme…

The department shall provide for hearings upon request of any person who may be affected by its orders or acts under the provisions of this part and may provide for a stay thereof until a hearing may be had. All hearings held under this part shall be conducted in accordance with …

Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, order or act of the department or by a failure of the department to act hereunder, may have judicial review thereof as provided in Sections 11440 and 11523 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 138.)

The records of and proceedings before the department shall be inadmissible in evidence and shall not be referred to at the trial of any civil action or criminal proceeding. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the department shall, upon written request, make available to persons …

(a) The operation of an aircraft on the land or waters of, or in the air over, this state shall be deemed an appointment by the owner or operator of the department to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal process in any action or proceeding against him…

The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District formed pursuant to this section, as it read on January 1, 2021, shall continue in existence unless dissolved pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 27501) and is hereby designated a rapid transit district. (Repealed and added by …

Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system within this State, who sells, leases, rents, or delivers water to any person, firm, corporation, munici…

Any corporation or association which is organized for the purpose of delivering water solely to its stockholders or members at cost, and which delivers water to others than its stockholders or members, or to the state or any department or agency thereof or any school district, or…

Any corporation or association which is organized both for the purpose of delivering water to its stockholders or members at cost, and to persons, firms, corporations, municipalities, or other political subdivisions of the state, is a public utility and is subject to Part 1 (comm…

Any owner of a water supply not otherwise dedicated to public use and primarily used for domestic or industrial purposes by him or for the irrigation of his lands, who (a) sells or delivers the surplus of such water for domestic or school district purposes or for the irrigation o…

Any corporation or association that is organized for the purposes of delivering water to its stockholders and members at cost, including use of works for conserving, treating, and reclaiming water, and that delivers water to no one except its stockholders or members, or to the st…

Any person or corporation, and their lessees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, that maintains a mobilehome park or a multiple unit residential complex and provides, or will provide, water service to users through a submeter service system is not a public utility and…

(a) (1) A mobilehome park that provides water service only to its tenants from water supplies and facilities that it owns, not otherwise dedicated to public service, is not a water corporation. However, if a complaint is filed with the commission by tenants of the mobilehome park…

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, who sells or delivers water exclusively to a water conservation district organized under the laws of the state or who leases or otherwise permits the use of ditches or oth…

For the purpose of determining the status of any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system or water supply within this state, the commission may hold hearings a…

Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that any water company which is a public utility operating within this State has reached the limit of its capacity to supply water and that no further consumers of water can be supplied from…

The commission may require any water corporation to file with the commission a statement in writing defining and describing the lands and territory to be supplied by the corporation with water. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

When it appears from (a) the statement required by Section 2709, (b) the articles of incorporation of any water corporation, or (c) any notice of appropriation of water required by law, that a water corporation has undertaken to supply more consumers or a greater number of acres …

Section 2710 does not apply to territory or consumers which have once been served by the corporation. As between consumers who have been voluntarily admitted to participate by the corporation in its supply of water or required to be supplied by an order of the commission, in time…

“Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section 2701 is not to be construed as authorizing a contract by a person or corporation defined in this chapter as a public utility which in anywise deprives the State or the commission or other competent authority of power to reg…

(a) No water corporation subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission and the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) of this division shall make any charge upon any entity providing fire protection service to others for furnishing water for such fire prot…