Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The resettlement franchise shall provide that the grantee, its successors or assigns, shall never claim before any court or other public authority in any proceeding of any character any value for the resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege in excess of the amount originally …

The resettlement franchise may be amended from time to time by ordinance passed by the governing or legislative body of the city or city and county and ratified by the electors of the city or city and county in the manner prescribed for the passage of the resettlement franchise i…

The power of the State, in the exercise of its police power or otherwise through the instrumentality of the Public Utilities Commission or other agency, to provide at any and all times for the supervision and regulation of public utilities is not affected by any franchise, permit…

Nothing in this chapter, nor any provision of any franchise granted under this chapter, shall prevent a city or city and county from acquiring at any time the property of any public utility through the exercise of the right of eminent domain, and no city or county shall contract …

Telegraph or telephone corporations may construct lines of telegraph or telephone lines along and upon any public road or highway, along or across any of the waters or lands within this State, and may erect poles, posts, piers, or abutments for supporting the insulators, wires, a…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with Section 7901, that municipalities shall have the right to exercise reasonable control as to the time, place, and manner in which roads, highways, and waterways are accessed. (b) The control, to be reasonable, shall, at a mi…

Every agent, operator, or employee of any telegraph or telephone office, who in any way uses or appropriates any information derived by him from any private message passing through his hands, and addressed to any other person, or in any other manner acquired by him by reason of h…

Every agent, operator, or employee of any telegraph or telephone office, who wilfully refuses or neglects to send any message received at such office for transmission, or wilfully postpones the transmission of the message out of its order, or wilfully refuses or neglects to deliv…

The Public Utilities Commission shall issue regulations requiring every telephone corporation subject to its jurisdiction to maintain complete records of all instances in which its employees discover any device installed for the purpose of overhearing communications over the line…

The Public Utilities Commission shall regularly make inquiry of every telephone corporation under its jurisdiction to determine whether or not such corporation is taking adequate steps to insure the privacy of communications over such corporation’s telephone communication system.…

(a) Telephone corporations, holders of a state franchise pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 5800), and a video provider, as defined in Section 53088.1 of the Government Code, shall perform background checks of applicants for employment, according to usual business …

A public utility employing more than 750 total employees shall annually report to the commission all of the following: (a) The number of customers served in California by the public utility. (b) The percentage of the public utility’s total domestic customer base that resides in C…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Baseload generation” means electricity generation from a powerplant that is designed and intended to provide electricity at an annualized plant capacity factor of at least 60 percent. (b) “Combine…

(a) No load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility may enter into a long-term financial commitment unless any baseload generation supplied under the long-term financial commitment complies with the greenhouse gases emission performance standard established by the…

In locating its bus stops, park and ride service facilities, and special service terminal points and stations, a transit district shall consult with, and consider the recommendations of, the city if such transit facilities are to be located therein, or the county if such transit …

Any transit district whose area is served by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company line from the City of San Jose to the City and County of San Francisco may make a bulk purchase of passenger tickets for that line from the company, or from the Greyhound Bus Lines for transp…

Any public transit guideway planned, acquired, or constructed, on or after January 1, 1979, is subject to regulations of the Public Utilities Commission relating to safety appliances and procedures. The commission shall inspect all work done on those guideways and may make furthe…

Any transit district or operator may adopt uniform standards to rate bidders, on the basis of questionnaires and required statements, with respect to contracts for railroad rolling stock upon which each bidder is qualified to bid. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the d…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Continued use” means the continued operation of the diesel engine from the diesel-powered on-track equipment as an internal combustion engine to provide power for on-track equipment or any other purpose. (2) …

Any transit district or operator may require from prospective bidders for any contract answers to questions contained in a standard questionnaire and financial statement, including a complete statement of the prospective bidder’s financial ability and experience in performing pub…

(a) Each transit operator, whether publicly or privately funded all or in part, nonprofit or for profit, which offers reduced fares to senior citizens shall honor the federal Medicare identification card as sufficient identification to receive reduced fares. A transit operator wh…

(a) There shall be close coordination between local transit providers and county welfare departments in order to ensure that transportation moneys available for purposes of assisting recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the …

(a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 99155, if the Sacramento Regional Transit District offers reduced fares to senior citizens, it shall not be required to also offer reduced fares to disabled persons or disabled veterans at the same rate established for senior cit…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Eligible persons” means persons who receive, or who are eligible to receive, paratransit services based on a disability and whose disability cannot reasonably be expected to improve over time, as determined b…

(a) The Legislature intends that dial-a-ride and paratransit services be accessible to disabled persons, as defined in Section 99206.5. It is intended that transportation service be provided for employment, education, medical, and personal reasons. Transportation for individuals …

(a) The Transportation Agency, in consultation with public transit operators, shall conduct an assessment of the procedures public transit operators use to provide dial-a-ride and paratransit services to individuals with disabilities who are visiting their service territories and…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may provide compensation to a member of the governing board of the district only for attendance at a meeting of the board or for each day the member is engaged in other district business within or without the district…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may not provide any life, accident, or health insurance plan to any member or former member of the governing board of the district who first served as a member of the governing board after January 1, 1989, that exceed…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transit district may not establish or contribute to a pension or retirement benefits plan or purchase an annunity for any member of its governing board who first served as a member of the governing board after January 1, 1989. This se…

(a) Any retirement system established or maintained pursuant to this division for employees of a transit district who are members of a unit appropriate for collective bargaining shall be maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement and this section. (b) Notwithstandin…

Any public entity which plans the development of, or which operates, a rail transit system, shall, with respect to any current or future rail transit system, (a) develop motor vehicle parking facilities to serve the system’s passengers at stations planned to be park and ride faci…

(a) Space at a publicly owned transportation facility may be leased by competitive bid, taking into consideration affordability and quality of care, to a child care operator who has obtained licensure as required by Section 1596.80 of the Health and Safety Code. Priority for chil…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, one or more local agencies listed in subdivision (i) of Section 99602 may undertake a study or a joint study concerning the feasibility of extending the commuter rail or intercity rail service described in subdivision (c) of Section 996…

On and after January 1, 2005, whenever a transit operator improves or replaces a ticket vending machine at a public transit station to include video instructions, the transit operator shall also equip the ticket vending machine with audio instructions that will enable visually im…

(a) When installing new security systems, a transit agency operated by an operator as defined in Section 99210 shall only purchase and install equipment capable of storing recorded images for at least one year, unless all of the following conditions apply: (1) The transit agency …

(a) For purposes of this section, “environmental and public health impacts” means those impacts that affect the health and environment of persons living, working, and attending school in the vicinity of a bus fueling station, including, but not limited to, impacts associated with…

(a) If an evacuation order is issued that covers all or a portion of a public transit operator’s service area, the public transit operator shall authorize passengers to board public transit vehicles with their pets in the area covered by the evacuation order, consistent with best…

(a) A person shall not do any of the following with respect to the property, facilities, or vehicles of a transit district or the property, facilities, or vehicles upon which the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District owes policing responsibilities to a local government pu…

(a) (1) A transit district may issue a prohibition order to any person to whom any of the following applies: (A) On at least three separate occasions within a period of 90 consecutive days, the person is cited for an infraction committed in or on a vehicle, bus stop, or train or …

(a) Before exercising the authority given in subdivision (a) of Section 99171 to issue prohibition orders, a transit district shall do all of the following: (1) Establish an advisory committee for the purpose of evaluating the procedures for, and issuance of, prohibition orders a…

(a) Before the procurement of a new bus to be used in revenue operations, a public transit operator shall take into consideration recommendations of, and best practices standards developed by, the exclusive representative of the recognized organization representing bus operators …

(a) A public entity that operates, or contracts for the operation of, a commuter rail system shall ensure that each train has an automated external defibrillator (AED) as part of its safety equipment subject to the requirements in Section 1797.196 of the Health and Safety Code. A…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Lactation room” means a room or other location open to members of the public to express breast milk in a private and secure location that meets both of the following conditions: (A) Includes, at a minimum, a …

(a) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Institute” means the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University. (2) “Street harassment” means words, gestures, or actions directed at a specific person in a public place, without the con…

(a) For purposes of this section, the terms “street harassment,” “survey data,” and “transit operator” have the same meanings as defined in Section 99177. (b) (1) On or before December 31, 2024, a transit operator shall collect and publish survey data, in accordance with this sec…

This chapter sets forth the purposes and the amounts for which allocations shall be made from the fund. Money from the fund shall be awarded as grants by the commission pursuant to Sections 99622 to 99651, inclusive, for the purposes specified in those sections. The amount of a g…