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CA Pub Util Code § 10007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10007.

10007.  (a) Every public utility furnishing light, heat, or power shall expend no funds for advertising when such advertising encourages increased consumption of such services or commodities.(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a public utility furnishing light, heat, or power from expending funds for advertising which encourages the more efficient operation of the public utility or for advertising which encourages the more efficient use of light, heat, or power, the conservation of energy or natural resources, or presents accurate information on the economical purchase, maintenance, or use of any appliance or device using light, heat, or power.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 194.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10009.

10009.  (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling.(b) If a public utility furnishes individually metered residential light, heat, water, or power to residential occupants in a detached single-family dwelling, a multiunit residential structure, mobilehome park, or a permanent residential structure in a labor camp, as defined in Section 17008 of the Health and Safety Code, and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling, structure, or park is the customer of record, the public utility shall make every good faith effort to inform the residential occupants, by means of written notice, when the account is in arrears, that service will be terminated in 10 days. The written notice shall further inform the residential occupants that they have the right to become customers of the public utility without being required to pay the amount due on the delinquent account. The notice shall be in English and in the languages listed in Section 1632 of the Civil Code.(c) The public utility is not required to make service available to the residential occupants unless each residential occupant agrees to the terms and conditions of service, and meets the requirements of law and the public utility’s rules. However, if one or more of the residential occupants are willing and able to assume responsibility for the subsequent charges to the account to the satisfaction of the public utility, or if there is a physical means, legally available to the public utility, of selectively terminating service to those residential occupants who have not met the requirements of the public utility’s rules, the public utility shall make service available to the residential occupants who have met those requirements.(d) If prior service for a period of time is a condition for establishing credit with the public utility, residence and proof of prompt payment of rent or other obligation acceptable to the public utility for that period of time is a satisfactory equivalent.(e) Any residential occupant who becomes a customer of the public utility pursuant to this section whose periodic payments, such as rental payments, include charges for residential light, heat, water, or power, where these charges are not separately stated, may deduct from the periodic payment each payment period all reasonable charges paid to the public utility for those services during the preceding payment period.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 560, Sec. 4. (SB 120) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10009.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10009.6.

10009.6.  (a) The decision of a public utility to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the public utility prior to establishing an account and furnishing service shall be based solely upon the creditworthiness of the applicant as determined by the public utility.(b) No municipal corporation owning or operating a public utility furnishing services for residential use to a tenant under an account established by the tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of services to, or for the tenant’s residential use from, any subsequent tenant or the property owner due to nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant. For this purpose, the term “subsequent tenant” shall not include any adult person who lived at the residence during the period that the charges or penalties accrued. The municipal corporation may collect a deposit from the tenant service applicant prior to establishing an account for the tenant. The municipal corporation may not require that service to subsequent tenants be furnished on the account of the landlord or property owner unless the property owner voluntarily agrees to that requirement, nor may the municipal corporation refuse to furnish services to a tenant in the tenant’s name based upon the nonpayment of charges by a previous tenant.(c) A public utility subject to this section may not demand or receive security in an amount that exceeds twice the estimated average periodic bill or three times the estimated average monthly bill.(d) In the event of tenant nonpayment of all or a portion of the bill, the deposit shall be applied to the final bill issued when service is terminated.(e) This section shall not apply to master-metered apartment buildings.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 739, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10010 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10010.

10010.  (a) No public utility furnishing light, water, power, or heat may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the public utility first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, as provided in Section 10010.1.(b) No public utility shall terminate residential service for nonpayment in any of the following situations:(1) During the pendency of an investigation by the public utility of a customer dispute or complaint.(2) When a customer has been granted an extension of the period for payment of a bill.(3) On the certification of a licensed physician and surgeon that to do so will be life threatening to the customer and the customer is financially unable to pay for service within the normal payment period and is willing to enter into an amortization agreement with the public utility pursuant to subdivision (e) with respect to all charges that the customer is unable to pay prior to delinquency. (c) Any residential customer who has initiated a complaint or requested an investigation within five days of receiving the disputed bill, or who has, within 13 days of mailing of the notice required by subdivision (a), made a request for extension of the payment period of a bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay in full during the normal period for payment, shall be given an opportunity for review of the complaint, investigation, or request by a review manager of the public utility. The review shall include consideration of whether the customer shall be permitted to amortize the unpaid balance of the account over a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 12 months. No termination of service shall be effected for any customer complying with the amortization agreement, if the customer also keeps the account current as charges accrue in each subsequent billing period.(d) Any customer whose complaint or request for an investigation pursuant to subdivision (c) has resulted in an adverse determination by the public utility may appeal the determination to the governing body of the municipal corporation. Any subsequent appeal of the dispute or complaint to the governing body is not subject to this section.(e) Any customer meeting the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) shall, upon request, be permitted to amortize, over a period not to exceed 12 months, the unpaid balance of any bill asserted to be beyond the means of the customer to pay within the normal period for payment.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 888, Sec. 7.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10011.

10011.  No electrical, gas, heat, or water public utility shall, by reason of delinquency in payment for any electric, gas, heat, or water services, cause cessation of any such services on any Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or at any time during which the business offices of the public utility are not open to the public.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1027.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10011.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10011.5.

10011.5.  Whenever a business transaction of a public utility, as defined in Section 10001, furnishing electricity, gas, water service where the utility has 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone service is such that a personal appearance by a person is required by the utility and the person is unable to appear at the utility’s place of business during the utility’s usual business hours, then the utility shall provide a reasonable and convenient alternative to the person such as an appointment outside the utility’s usual business hours or allowing the person to conduct the transaction by telephone, mail, or both.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10012 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10012.

10012.  Every public utility shall comply with Section 8029.5.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 549, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10014 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 1 - Acquisition and Operation|Section 10014.

10014.  The commission may enter into a contract with a local agency to provide any technical assistance needed to comply with Section 10013, if the contract includes provisions for the commission to be reimbursed for its estimated reasonable costs.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1430, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10051.

10051.  Any municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this State may as provided in this article sell and dispose of any public utility that it owns.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10052.

10052.  Whenever the legislative body of a municipal corporation by a resolution passed by two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest and necessity demand that any public utility owned by the municipal corporation should be sold, it may at any subsequent meeting by a vote of two-thirds of all its members order the proposition of selling the public utility to be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipal corporation at an election held for that purpose.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10053.

10053.  The ordinance calling the special election shall recite the object for which the election is to be held, the purpose for which the proceeds of the sale are proposed to be expended, the manner of holding the election, and the manner of voting for or against the sale of the public utility. In all particulars not recited in the ordinance the election shall be held as provided for by law for holding municipal elections in such municipality.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10054.

10054.  The ordinance shall be published once a day for at least 12 days in a newspaper published at least six days a week in the municipality or at least once a week for two weeks in a newspaper published less than six days a week in the municipality. The insertion each week for two succeeding weeks is a sufficient publication in a newspaper published less than six days a week. The first publication of the ordinance shall be at least two weeks prior to the date mentioned in the ordinance for holding the election. In municipalities where no such newspaper is published the ordinance shall be posted in three public places therein for two succeeding weeks next before the day fixed for the election.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10055.

10055.  The votes of two-thirds of all voters voting at the election are necessary to authorize the sale of the public utility described in the ordinance calling the election.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10056.

10056.  The resolution and ordinance may provide for the sale of more than one public utility, but in such case the question of selling each public utility shall be separately stated in the ordinance and upon the election ballots.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10057 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10057.

10057.  If the vote cast at the election is in favor of the sale of the public utility mentioned in the ordinance calling for the election, the legislative body of the municipal corporation shall immediately proceed to sell the public utility, and shall fix a date on which bids for the sale of the public utility will be received and the manner of filing bids. The legislative body shall cause notice of the sale to be published for at least two weeks next before the day fixed for receiving bids in the manner provided in Section 10054 for publication of the ordinance calling for the election. If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the notice shall be posted in three public places therein for two succeeding weeks next before the date fixed for receiving bids.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10058 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10058.

10058.  At the date fixed for receiving bids the legislative body of the municipal corporation shall open and examine all bids received and may sell the public utility to the highest and best bidder therefor. If the bids received, in the opinion of the legislative body are inadequate or disproportionate to the value of the public utility the legislative body may reject all bids and may proceed to give new notice of the sale of the public utility in the manner provided in Section 10057.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10059 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10059.

10059.  When a bid is accepted by the legislative body of the municipal corporation, the legislative body may by resolution authorize its mayor, or president of its board of trustees, or other chief executive officer, and its clerk to execute, acknowledge, and deliver on behalf of the municipal corporation, in its name and under its corporate seal, a deed conveying the public utility to the successful bidder upon receiving from him in cash the full amount of the bid and the promise of the bidder to continue to operate the public utility. The deed shall operate to convey to the successful bidder all of the municipality’s right, title, interest, and estate in and to the public utility described in the deed.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 2 - Sale and Disposal|Section 10060.

10060.  The proceeds of the sale of the public utility shall be placed in the municipal treasury and shall be applied exclusively for the purposes and objects mentioned in the ordinance calling the election for the sale of the public utility.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way|Section 10101.

10101.  There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to construct, operate, and maintain water and gas pipes, mains and conduits, electric light and power lines, telephone and telegraph lines, sewers and sewer mains, all with the necessary appurtenances, across, along, in, under, over, or upon any road, street, alley, avenue, or highway, and across, under, or over any railway, canal, ditch, or flume which the route of such works intersects, crosses, or runs along, in such manner as to afford security for life and property.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way|Section 10102.

10102.  A municipal corporation exercising its rights under this article shall restore the road, street, alley, avenue, highway, canal, ditch, or flume so used to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be, and shall locate its use so as to interfere as little as possible with other existing uses of a road, street, alley, avenue, highway, canal, ditch, or flume.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way|Section 10103.

10103.  Before any municipal corporation uses any street, alley, avenue, or highway within any other municipal corporation or county, it shall request of the municipal corporation or county that has control over the street, alley, avenue, or highway to agree with it upon the location of the use and the terms and conditions to which the use shall be subject.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 670, Sec. 1. (AB 1119) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way|Section 10104.

10104.  If the two municipal corporations, or a municipal corporation and a county, are unable to agree on the terms and conditions and location of a use within three months after a proposal to do so, the municipal corporation proposing to use a street, alley, avenue, or highway may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the street, alley, avenue, or highway is situated against the other municipal corporation or the county to have the terms and conditions and location determined. The superior court may determine and adjudicate the terms and conditions to which the use of the street, avenue, alley, or highway shall be subject, and the location thereof, and upon the making of the final judgment the municipal corporation desiring to do so may enter and use the street, alley, avenue, or highway upon the terms and conditions and at the location specified in the judgment.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 670, Sec. 2. (AB 1119) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way|Section 10106.

10106.  This article does not authorize the construction of any sanitary sewer within the territorial limits of any other municipality if the method of disposition of sewage therefrom is by discharging it in the Pacific Ocean within one mile of the territorial limits of the other municipality or in any manner that may create a public nuisance.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10107 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way|Section 10107.

10107.  Nothing in this article limits in any respect the jurisdiction, powers, and duties vested by law in the Public Utilities Commission or, with respect to state highways, in the Department of Transportation. In the event of any conflict of jurisdiction, that of the Public Utilities Commission or the Department of Transportation, as the case may be, shall prevail.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 725, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 4 - Rights in Public Lands and Waters|Section 10151.

10151.  There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right of way for the location, construction, and maintenance of water works and works for the generation and distribution of electrical power, and for every necessary adjunct thereto, over any swamp, overflowed, or other public lands of the State not otherwise disposed of or in use, not in any case exceeding in length or width that which is necessary for the construction of the works or adjuncts, or for the protection thereof, and not in any case exceeding 100 feet in width along each side of the marginal limits of the works or adjuncts.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 10152 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 5 - UTILITIES OWNED BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS|CHAPTER 1 - Acquisition, Operation, and Sale of Utilities|ARTICLE 4 - Rights in Public Lands and Waters|Section 10152.

10152.  There is granted to every municipal corporation of the State the right to take from any of the lands belonging to the State adjacent to the works of such corporation, all materials, such as wood, stone, and earth, naturally appurtenant thereto, which are necessary and convenient for the original construction of the works and adjuncts.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)