Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

The articles of incorporation of the association shall show that the signers of the articles of incorporation are engaged in the production of gas, state that they propose to incorporate an association pursuant to this chapter, and shall state all of the following: (a) The name o…

Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed in the manner which is prescribed by the general laws of this state for domestic corporations. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)

The articles of incorporation of any association may be amended in the manner and for the purposes which are authorized by the General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code). (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)

All cities and cities and counties are empowered to grant franchises for the laying of pipes in the streets, roads, avenues, alleys, and public highways therein, for carrying steam heat under high pressure to be used, distributed, and sold to the inhabitants thereof for heating p…

The granting of franchises under this article shall be pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

In any contract for the sale of railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, it is lawful to agree that title to the property sold or contracted to be sold, although possession thereof may be delivered immediately or at any time or times subsequently, shall not vest in …

In any contract for the leasing or hiring of railroad or street railway equipment or rolling stock, it is lawful to stipulate for a conditioned sale thereof at the termination of the contract, and that the rentals or amounts to be received under the contract may, as paid, be appl…

No contract of the type provided for in this article shall be valid as against any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent bona fide purchaser for value and without notice, unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The contract is evidenced by an instrument execu…

This article is intended to provide a means of making the work and improvements herein mentioned useful and beneficial to the lands or property assessed to pay the costs and expenses of the construction thereof. The powers herein granted are supplemental to any other powers grant…

When any legislative body elects to proceed under this article, the provisions hereof only shall apply and the limitations herein shall be followed. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

This article and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed to the end that the purposes hereof may be effective. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“District,” as used in this article, includes any district for which the legislative body of any county or city may make contracts. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Whenever, under any street improvement act under which public work or improvements may be installed or constructed and the costs and expenses assessed in whole or in part against the lands or property benefited, there have been installed or constructed within any city or within t…

Before granting such permission the legislative body of the county or city shall find that the public interest, convenience, and necessity require that the work or improvement be used, that water or gas is necessary therefor, and that a certain, named, district, public corporatio…

The permission shall be signed by the mayor or other chief executive of the city or by the chairman of the board of supervisors of a county, and by the person or authorized officers of the permittee. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

The permission shall state the time for which it is given, which shall not exceed two years, and describe the work or improvement for which it is given, and shall require the permittee to maintain the work or improvement during the term of the permission, and to make all necessar…

If any extensions of or additional installations for the work or improvement are necessary in order to serve all of the lands required to be served, the permittee shall not be obligated to make such extensions or additional installations, but shall permit any owner of such land t…

The permission shall provide that the charge made by the permittee for gas or water shall not be greater than the charge therefor made by the permittee for such service elsewhere, and shall provide that the permittee shall pay a reasonable charge, to be determined by the legislat…

The permission granted under this article to a private corporation or individual, not a public utility, and the furnishing of gas or water thereunder shall not be construed as a holding out or undertaking of such corporation or individual to serve any and all persons or as consti…

The permission shall expressly reserve to the legislative body granting it the right to terminate it whenever the city or county can conveniently furnish gas or water. If so terminated, the county or city shall thereafter furnish such gas or water. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 76…

The permission shall provide that if any district or public corporation is formed or extended, and if the district or public corporation can conveniently serve the territory with gas or water, any permission granted to any public utility, private corporation, or individual may be…

Each association shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management a code of bylaws that is not inconsistent with this chapter. The vote or written assent of the members that hold at least a majority of the voting power is necessary to adopt t…

The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings. Meetings of members shall be held at the place specified in the bylaws or, if no such provision is made, the meetings shall be held in the city where the principal place of business is locate…

The bylaws may prescribe the number of stockholders or members which constitutes a quorum. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)

The bylaws may prescribe the right of members to vote by proxy or by mail, or both; the conditions, manner, form, and effects of their votes; the right of members to cumulate their votes; and the prohibition, if desired, of cumulative voting. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. …

The bylaws may prescribe the number of directors which constitutes a quorum. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)

(a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications, compensation, duties, and term of office of the directors and officers and the time of their election. (b) The number of directors set forth in the articles of incorporation shall be either a fixed number or a variable number. If a…

The bylaws may prescribe penalties for violations of the bylaws. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)

The bylaws may prescribe the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the manner and method of collection of these fees; and the purposes for which they may be used. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)

The bylaws may prescribe the amount which each member shall be required to pay annually, or from time to time if at all, to carry on the business of the association; the charge, if any, to be paid by each member or for services rendered by the association and the time of payment …

The bylaws may prescribe the amount of any dividends which may be declared on the stock or membership capital, which shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, shall be in the nature of interest, and shall not affect the nonprofit character of any association. (Added by Stats. 1987, C…

The bylaws may prescribe the number and qualification of members of the association and the conditions precedent to membership; the method, time, and manner of permitting members to withdraw or to transfer their stock; the manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of memb…

The bylaws may prescribe the manner of determining the value of a member’s interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of membership or, at the option of the association, the p…

Except as provided in Section 7602 every common carrier by railroad operating within this State shall maintain, on what is known as passing track sidings, a signboard in connection with each derailing switch or other derailing device, whether the derailer is operated where locate…

Section 7601 does not apply to any track, siding, spur, or other track owned by private persons for their own use, except when the track, siding, spur, or other track is operated regularly in connection with the line of a common carrier for certain periods, in which case Section …

Any corporation, company, or person, or any officer, superintendent, manager, or other agent thereof, who violates any of the provisions of Sections 7601 or 7602, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor…

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a bell, siren, horn, whistle, or similar audible warning device shall be sounded at any public crossing in accordance with Section 222.21 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a bell, …

Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, operating any line of railroad in this State by steam locomotives, shall equip all steam locomotives used or to be used in the hauling or propelling of trains over the railroad with a bell ringer apparatus or device which…

Every steam locomotive used upon a railroad in this State, carrying passengers or freight for hire, shall be equipped with one or more water glasses of the type known as the “solid water glass,” the same being a solid piece of glass with open flutings at the back thereof, which f…

Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, operating any line of railroad in this State, shall equip all locomotive engines used in the transportation of trains over the railroad with electric or other headlights which will project sufficient light to enable the l…

Every railroad company, or the receiver or receivers of any railroad, operating trains within this state, shall provide a first aid kit containing written instructions for the use of its contents, on each train or light engine, however propelled, for first aid to persons who may …

Every railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, operating trains in whole or in part within this State, shall provide an emergency first-aid kit on each caboose, locomotive, motor or diesel engine. The emergency first-aid kit shall be used only to render first medic…

The employee of any railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, having charge of any passenger train, caboose, locomotive, motor or diesel engine shall report in writing as soon as possible to the office or officer designated by the company or receiver for such purpos…

Any person or any employee of any railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof, who removes, carries away from its proper place, or uses any emergency first-aid kit, except for the purpose of administering first aid in the event of injury to any passenger, employee, or …

It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the boundaries of the State of California and engaged in the business of common carrier to operate for or transport its employees in a rail track motor car which is not equipped with a transpar…

On and after July 1, 1954, any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within this State as a common carrier of persons or property or both, for compensation, which either operates for its employees, or which furnishes to its employees for their transportation to or fr…