Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

A district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this division requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the construction, maintenance,…

A district may contract with any state agency to finance any district improvement authorized by Section 16461 that is related to the provision of water for human consumption. The terms of the contract shall be consistent with this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision in t…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a public utility, other than a common carrier by railroad subject to Part A of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.), shall not sell, lease, assign, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of, or encumber the whole or any par…

No public utility, and no subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public utility, shall purchase or acquire, take or hold, any part of the capital stock of any other public utility, organized or existing under or by virtue of the laws of th…

(a) This article does not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to regulation under this part, except performing services or delivering commodities for or to public utilities or municipal corporations or other public agencies primarily for resale …

For a water or sewer system corporation or an entity merging with or acquiring control of a water or sewer system corporation with less than 2,000 service connections, the following shall apply to transactions valued at five million dollars ($5,000,000) or less, notwithstanding S…

(a) A person or corporation, whether or not organized under the laws of this state, shall not directly or indirectly merge, acquire, or control, including pursuant to a change in control as described in subparagraphs (D) or (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 854.2…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s electric and gas utilities provide essential services to California residents and businesses, which are necessary to maintaining the vitality of California’s economy. (2) Consistent with Sections 913.4,…

(a) For purposes of this section, a “nonstate entity” means a company, corporation, partnership, firm, or other entity or group of entities, whether organized for profit or not for profit. (b) The commission, by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, shall not esta…

Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, or of a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public utility, and every other person subject to the requirements of this article, who violates or fails to comply with, or procures, …

(a) A public utility that owns real property acquired for purposes of obtaining a utility right-of-way, may lease that property to a governmental entity for purposes of a public park, if the utility retains the use of the right-of-way for public utility purposes. (b) In determini…

Interest earned on funds allocated pursuant to this chapter shall be expended only for those purposes for which the funds were allocated. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1348.)

Notwithstanding Sections 99232, 99233, and 99301, the Orange County Transportation Commission may direct the transportation planning agency to allocate interest accruing from money retained for the development of transit in the local transportation fund of the County of Orange, t…

Interest accruing pursuant to Section 99301.5 shall continue to be allocated under that section for as long as there is a balance of money retained for the development of transit in the local transportation fund of the County of Orange. For this purpose, the amount of the balance…

Notwithstanding the fact that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission is not required to adopt a regional transportation plan until June 30, 1973, for the region comprised of the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo…

Before the Orange County Transit District may expend any of its allocation it has retained for the development of rapid transit for purposes other than such development, the Orange County Transportation Commission shall make a determination that the funds are not required for any…

Not less than 75 percent of the unallocated apportionment, as of June 30, 1978, and each June 30th thereafter, for the cities, and that portion of the County of San Diego, under the jurisdiction of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board shall be available to the boa…

Notwithstanding Section 29530 of the Government Code, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission shall, if an unallocated apportionment has been set aside for an operator for specific future expenditures, also set aside annually the interest earned on the unallocated apportionmen…

All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for by this part shall be provided for by the board. The powers vested in the board by this part shall be deemed to be inclusive but not exclusive. (Added by Stats…

The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated or controlled by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and enforcement of regulations, contracts, practices, and schedules for, or in conne…

The board may either itself operate the transit system, or any part thereof, or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all, or any part, of the transit system for the district, or it may contract with any other public or private agency o…

The board may contract with the governing body of any school district, and the governing board of any school district may contract with the board, for the transportation by any transit facility of the transit district of any pupils in attendance at any school maintained and opera…

The board may, from time to time, contract for or employ any professional service required by the district and may, from time to time, contract for or employ any other person necessary to perform any other work or service which cannot be satisfactorily performed by the regular em…

The board may accept contributions, grants, or loans from any public agency or the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the planning, acquisition, construction, or operation of public transportation services, and may en…

The district may accept contributions, grants, or loans from any public agency or the United States or any department, instrumentality, or agency thereof, for the purpose of financing the planning, acquisition, construction, or operation of public transit systems, and may enter i…

(a) Not later than February 1, 1980, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, in cooperation with all the transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, shall prepare and submit, for public review and comments, proposed rules and regulations for the resolution of transi…

The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Criteria to determine the definition and validity of a transit service dispute. (b) Procedures for the submission of a transit service dispute to the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. (…

(a) The Los Angeles County Transportation Commission shall have sole authority to resolve any transit service dispute between transit operators in the County of Los Angeles, and its decision with respect to such a dispute shall be final and binding pursuant to the rules and regul…

Prior to January 1, 1981, only a transit service dispute submitted by a transit operator in the County of Los Angeles may be resolved by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 579.)

Receipts from the operation of a public utility shall be paid daily into the treasury of the district in a special fund set aside for such public utility. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

The board may from time to time make appropriations from individual public utility funds for the following purposes: (a) The payment of operating expenses of the public utility and all or such portion of the general salary and expense fund of the district as the board determines …

Whenever a reserve fund exceeds one-half of the payment for operating expenses in the preceding fiscal year, the board may appropriate such excess to the general fund. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

The books of account of the district shall show all of the following: (a) The true and complete financial results of the ownership and operation of each public utility. (b) The actual cost of each public utility. (c) All costs of maintenance, extension, and improvement, and all o…

The accounts of the district shall be examined at least once a year by an expert accountant, who shall report to the directors the result of his examination. He shall be employed and selected in such manner as the board directs, and shall receive for his services such compensatio…

Every two years the board may, and upon petition of 15 percent of the electors of the district shall, employ a qualified expert who shall with all due diligence examine and report upon the following: (a) The system of accounts kept by the district. (b) All the contracts made and …

The expense of employing an expert shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at any one time, to be paid out of the income and revenues of the district, as the board prescribes. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 83, Sec. 2.)

Experts shall be selected by the Public Utilities Commission, and their names and addresses certified to the board of directors of the district. Several experts may be so selected and certified. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

Whenever an expert is to be employed pursuant to Section 16606, at least four months before each biennial district election the board shall request in writing the Public Utilities Commission to select and certify experts. The commission shall transmit the names of experts to the …

Within 10 days after receipt of a certification the board shall by resolution entered on its minutes employ the expert, or one of the experts selected and certified, fix the amount of his compensation either absolutely or on a per diem basis, and notify the expert of his appointm…

In his report the expert shall make such recommendations and suggestions as to him seem proper and required for the good of the district, the efficient and economical or advantageous management and operation of the public utility of the district, and the business and affairs of t…

In his report the expert shall make such recommendations and suggestions as to: (a) The system of accounts kept, or in his judgment to be kept in connection with each public utility. (b) The classification of the public utilities of the district and the establishment of a system …

The expert shall enter upon his duties at least 90 days before the next impending biennial district election, and shall complete his examination and file his report at least 30 days before the election. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)

The expert’s report shall be made in duplicate to the electors of the district. One copy shall be filed with the board in the office of the clerk of the district, and one copy shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the district, or the great…

(a) As used in this section, “special law water district” means the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Yuba-Bear River Basin Authority and, if created by an uncodified special law, any of the following: a county flood control district, a county flood control and water dist…

This article is not applicable in a county where the transit district has been provided bonding authority by statute. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1400.)

If the transportation planning agency determines that the cost of an approved claim for capital expenditures for public transportation purposes, excluding highways, within a county is, together with all other approved claims to be paid from the local transportation fund of such c…