Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

“Transportation of persons” includes every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort, or convenience of the person transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of such person and his baggage. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

“Transportation of property” includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of property, including in particular its receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer, switching, carriage, ventilation, refrigeration, icing, dunnage, storage, and handling, and …

“Rates” includes rates, fares, tolls, rentals, and charges, unless the context indicates otherwise. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

This part may be cited as the “State Aeronautics Act.” (Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2071.)

The purpose of this part is to further and protect the public interest in aeronautics and aeronautical progress by the following means: (a) Encouraging the development of private flying and the general use of air transportation. (b) Fostering and promoting safety in aeronautics. …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

The acquisition of any land or interest therein pursuant to this part, the planning, acquisition, establishment, construction, improvement, maintenance, equipment, and operation of airports and air navigation facilities, whether by the state separately or jointly with any politic…

This part shall not be construed as limiting any power of the state or a political subdivision to regulate airport hazards by zoning. (Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1052.)

This chapter or any other law shall not be construed as prohibiting, restricting, or permitting the prohibition of the operation or landing in populated areas of helicopters and similar aircraft capable of approximately vertical ascent and descent, subject to such reasonable rule…

“Department” means the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1253.)

Whenever the term “California Aeronautics Commission,” “Division of Aeronautics,” or “Department of Aeronautics” is used in any other law, it means the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 725, Sec. 4.)

“Director” means the Director of Transportation. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Director of Aeronautics shall be deemed to refer to the Director of Transportation. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1253.)

“Division” means the Division of Aeronautics in the department. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1149, Sec. 1.)

“Commission” means the California Transportation Commission. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 725, Sec. 5.)

“Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 220. Ef…

“Political subdivision” means any county, city, city and county, public corporation, district or other political entity or public corporation of this State. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

“Aeronautics” means: (a) The science and art of flight, including transportation by aircraft. (b) The operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft and aircraft power plants and accessories, including the repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes. (c) The desig…

“Aircraft” means any manned contrivance used or designed for navigation of, or flight in, the air requiring certification and registration as prescribed by federal statute or regulation. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, manned lighter-than-air balloons an…

“Airport” means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and take-off of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights of way, and all airport buildings and…

“Air navigation facility” means any facility, other than facilities owned or operated by the United States, used, or available or designed for use, in aid of air navigation, including any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, markers, communicating systems, or other facilities…

“Operation of aircraft” or “operate aircraft” means the use, navigation, or piloting of aircraft in the air space over this State or upon any airport within this State. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

“Airman” means any individual who engages, as the person in command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, in the navigation of aircraft while under way, and any individual who is directly in charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling, or repair of aircraft engine…

“Airport hazard” means any structure, object of natural growth, or use of land, which obstructs the air space required for flight of aircraft in landing or taking off at an airport or which is otherwise hazardous to the landing or taking off. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

“Airway” means a route in the navigable air space over the land or waters of this State, designated by proper authority as a route suitable for air navigation. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

A person who violates this part, other than Section 21407.1 or Section 21709, or any of the rules or orders issued under this part, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment of not more than six months, or by both that fine and impris…

“Land” includes tide and submerged lands or other lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, or fisheries. (Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 534, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)

“Common carrier” means every person and corporation providing transportation for compensation to or for the public or any portion thereof, except as otherwise provided in this part. “Common carrier” includes: (a) Every railroad corporation; street railroad corporation; dispatch, …

(a) “Common carrier” shall not include: (1) Any corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vessel, by reason of the furnishing of water transportation service between points upon the inland waters of this state or upon the high seas between points withi…

With respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for compensation by a passenger stage corporation, “owner” means the corporation or person who is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles as the owner of the vehicle, or who has a legal right to pos…

“Between fixed termini or over a regular route” means the termini or route between which, or over which any passenger stage corporation usually or ordinarily operates any passenger stage, even though there may be departures from the termini or route, whether these departures are …

“Food products for human consumption” means articles used for human food or drink and articles used as components of any of those articles. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1685, Sec. 2.)

“Nonfood product” means any article, material, substance, or product which is not food. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1685, Sec. 2.5.)

(a) (1) “Public utility” includes every common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewer system corporation, and heat corporation, where the service is pe…

Notwithstanding Section 216, “public utility” does not include a motor carrier of property. (Added by renumbering Section 216.5 by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.)

“Cable television corporation” shall mean any corporation or firm which transmits television programs by cable to subscribers for a fee. (Added by renumbering Section 215.5 by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)

“Cogeneration” means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful thermal energy. The sequence can be thermal use followed by power production or the reverse, subject to the following standards: (a) At least 5 percent of the facility’s total annual ene…

“Commercial mobile radio service” means “commercial mobile service,” as defined in subsection (d) of Section 332 of Title 47 of the United States Code and as further specified by the Federal Communications Commission in Parts 20, 22, 24, and 25 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal …

“Electric plant” includes all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of electricity for light, heat, or power, and all conduits, duct…

(a) “Electrical corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any electric plant for compensation within this state, except where electricity is generated on or distributed by the producer through private property solely for its own…

(a) “Electric service provider” means an entity that offers electrical service to customers within the service territory of an electrical corporation and includes the unregulated affiliates and subsidiaries of an electrical corporation. (b) “Electric service provider” does not in…

(a) The following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Exempt wholesale generator” has the same meaning as defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 16451(6)). (2) “Qualifying small power producer,” “small power production facility,” and “qualif…

“Express corporation” includes every corporation or person engaged in or transacting the business of transporting any freight, merchandise, or other property for compensation on the line of any common carrier or stage or auto stage line within this State. (Enacted by Stats. 1951,…

“Freight forwarder” means any corporation or person who for compensation undertakes the collection and shipment of property of others, and as consignor or otherwise ships or arranges to ship the property via the line of any common carrier at the tariff rates of such carrier, or w…

This part may be cited as the “California Airport District Act.” (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 151.)

The purpose of this part is to facilitate the formation of intercity and county airport districts having responsibility for the development of airports, spaceports, and air navigation facilities, the objective being to encourage airport and spaceport development by communities an…