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CA Pub Util Code § 6201.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6201.3.

6201.3.  As used in this chapter, “industrial gas” means any substance which is in a gaseous state at ambient conditions of temperature and pressure used for commercial, industrial, or scientific purposes, but does not include any gaseous hydrocarbon used for light, heat, power, or feedstock.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 197, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6201.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6201.5.

6201.5.  As used in this chapter, municipality includes counties, but no county shall grant a franchise pursuant to this chapter in any incorporated area.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 422.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6202.

6202.  The legislative body of any municipality may grant a franchise to any person, firm, or corporation, whether operating under an existing franchise or not, to use, or to construct and use, poles, wires, conduits, and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing electricity for all purposes, or to use, or to lay and use, pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing gas or industrial gas for all purposes, or to use, or to lay and use, pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing oil or products thereof for all purposes, or to lay and use pipes, ditches, flumes, conduits, and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing water for all purposes, under, along, across, or upon the public streets, ways, alleys, and places within the municipality, upon the terms and conditions provided in this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 197, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6203.

6203.  The legislative body may in such a franchise impose such other and additional terms and conditions not in conflict with this chapter, whether governmental or contractual in character, as in the judgment of the legislative body are to the public interest.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6204.

6204.  This chapter provides a procedure, alternative to the procedure provided in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of this division, for the granting of franchises by municipalities. When any proceeding is initiated under this chapter for the granting of a franchise, the provisions of this chapter exclusively govern the granting of such franchise.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6205.

6205.  This chapter does not apply to any municipality having a freeholders’ charter adopted and ratified under the Constitution and having in such charter provisions for the issuance of franchises by the municipality, but nothing contained in this chapter shall restrict the right of any such chartered municipality to avail itself of the provisions of this chapter wherever it may lawfully do so. The provisions of this chapter relating to the payment of a percentage of gross receipts shall not be construed as a declaration of legislative judgment as to the proper compensation to be paid a chartered municipality for the right to exercise franchise privileges therein.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6205.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6205.1.

6205.1.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 6205, all franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted to a public utility by any city, county, or city and county holding a freeholder’s charter containing provisions for the issuance of franchises, to use, or to construct or lay and use, under, along, across, or upon the public streets, ways, alleys, and places within the municipality, facilities which are part of a pipeline system transmitting oil or products thereof, shall be granted upon the terms and conditions provided in, and in accordance with, either this chapter or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 6001).(b) On and after January 1, 1990, the compensation to be paid for the franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted by any city, county, or city and county, including those holding a freeholder’s charter, shall be as provided in Section 6231.5.(c) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section, to preempt the ordinance of any chartered municipality insofar as that ordinance governs the granting of franchises to construct facilities which are part of a pipeline system transmitting oil or products thereof.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1444, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6231 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 2 - Manner of Granting|Section 6231.

6231.  An applicant for a franchise shall file with the legislative body of the municipality in which the franchise is desired an application stating all of the following:(a) The name of the applicant.(b) The purpose and term, whether definite or indeterminate, for which the franchise is desired.(c) That the applicant if granted the franchise will pay to the municipality during the life of the franchise 2 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise, except that this payment shall be not less than 1 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts derived from the sale within the limits of the municipality of the utility service for which the franchise is awarded. If the application is for a franchise complementary to a franchise derived under Section 19 of Article XI of the California Constitution as that section existed prior to its amendment on October 10, 1911, then the applicant shall pay annually, if the application is for an electric franchise, 2 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise, except that this payment shall be not less than one-half of 1 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts from the sale of electricity within the limits of the municipality under both the electric franchises; or, if the application is for a gas, oil pipeline, or water franchise, 2 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise, except that this payment shall be not less than 1 percent of the gross annual receipts from the sale of gas or water within the limits of the municipality under both the gas franchises or both the water franchises.Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the application is for a franchise for a nonpublic utility pipeline for industrial gas or oil or products thereof, the application shall state that the applicant, if granted the franchise, will pay to the municipality during the life of the franchise either a specified percentage agreed to by the applicant and the municipality of the gross annual receipts of the applicant arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise or an annual franchise fee in an amount agreed to by the applicant and the municipality or an annual franchise fee computed by multiplying the sum of one-half cent ($0.005) times the nominal internal diameter of the pipe, expressed in inches, times the number of lineal feet of the pipe within the public streets, ways, alleys, or other public places within the municipality.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 197, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6232 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 2 - Manner of Granting|Section 6232.

6232.  Upon receipt of the application the legislative body of the municipality may pass its resolution declaring its intention to grant the franchise applied for, stating the character of the franchise, setting forth a notice of the day, hour, and place when and where all persons having any objection to the granting thereof may appear before the legislative body and be heard thereon, and directing the clerk of the legislative body to publish the notice at least once within fifteen (15) days after the passage of the resolution in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality.The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of the passage of the resolution.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6233 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 2 - Manner of Granting|Section 6233.

6233.  The notice of the time and place of hearing objections shall state that the grantee of the franchise and its successors and assigns will, during the life of its franchise, pay to the municipality the percentage specified in its application, that the percentage will be paid annually from the date of the granting of the franchise, and in the event such payment is not made the franchise will be forfeited. The notice shall also designate the term, whether definite or indeterminate, for which the franchise is proposed to be granted.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6234 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 2 - Manner of Granting|Section 6234.

6234.  At any time not later than the hour set for the hearing of objections, any person interested may make written protest stating objections against the granting of the franchise. The protest shall be signed by the protestant and be delivered to the clerk of the legislative body. At the time set for hearing objections the legislative body shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made and its decision shall be final and conclusive, subject to the right of referendum of the people. The legislative body may adjourn the hearing from time to time.If no protest in writing is delivered to the clerk up to the hour set for hearing, or such protests as are filed have been heard and determined by the legislative body to be insufficient, or have been overruled or denied, the legislative body may grant the franchise. The franchise shall be granted by ordinance adopted in the manner prescribed by law for the enactment of ordinances by the granting body.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6235 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 2 - Manner of Granting|Section 6235.

6235.  A franchise granted under this chapter does not become effective until the grantee files written acceptance thereof with the clerk of the granting municipality. When so filed the acceptance constitutes a continuing agreement by the grantee that if and when the granting municipality thereafter annexes, or consolidates with, additional territory, all franchises, rights and privileges owned by the grantee therein, except a franchise derived under Section 19 of Article XI of the Constitution as that section existed prior to the amendment thereof adopted October 10, 1911, shall be deemed abandoned within the limits of the additional territory.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Franchise|Section 6261.

6261.  Any franchise granted under this chapter with respect to a given utility service is in lieu of all other franchises, rights, or privileges owned by the grantee, or by any successor of the grantee to any rights under the franchise, for transmitting and distributing the utility service within the limits of the municipality as such limits exist at the time of the granting of the franchise or as they may thereafter exist except any franchise derived under Section 19 of Article XI of the Constitution as that section existed prior to the amendment thereof adopted October 10, 1911. The acceptance of any such franchise granted under this chapter shall operate as an abandonment of all such franchises, rights, and privileges within the limits of such municipality as such limits at any time exist, in lieu of which the franchise is granted under this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Franchise|Section 6262.

6262.  No franchise granted under this chapter in any way impairs or affects the right of the granting municipality to acquire the property of the grantee by purchase or condemnation, and nothing contained in such a franchise shall be construed to contract away, modify or abridge either for a term or in perpetuity the municipality’s right of eminent domain in respect to any public utility.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Franchise|Section 6263.

6263.  No franchise granted under this chapter shall ever be given any value before any court or other public authority in any proceeding of any character in excess of the cost to the grantee of the necessary publication and any other sum paid by it to the municipality therefor at the time of acquisition.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Franchise|Section 6264.

6264.  Every franchise granted pursuant to this chapter, except when a definite term therefor is specified in the ordinance granting it, is indeterminate, that is to say, every such franchise shall endure in full force and effect until, with the consent of the Public Utilities Commission, it is voluntarily surrendered or abandoned by its possessor, or until the State or some municipal or public corporation purchases by voluntary agreement or condemns and takes under the power of eminent domain, all property actually used and useful in the exercise of the franchise and situate within the territorial limits of the State, municipal, or public corporation purchasing or condemning such property, or until the franchise is forfeited for noncompliance with its terms by the possessor thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 817.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 3 - Scope of Franchise|Section 6265.

6265.  Every gas franchise granted pursuant to this chapter confers upon the grantee the right to use, or to lay and use, gas pipes and appurtenances for the purpose of transmitting and distributing gas; every oil franchise so granted confers upon the grantee thereof the right to use, or lay and use, oil pipes and appurtenances for the purpose of transmitting and distributing oil or products thereof; every industrial gas franchise so granted confers upon the grantee the right to use, or lay and use, industrial gas pipelines and appurtenances for the purpose of transmitting and distributing industrial gas; every water franchise so granted confers upon the grantee thereof the right to use, or to lay and use, pipes, ditches, flumes, conduits, and appurtenances for the purpose of transmitting and distributing water; and every electric franchise so granted confers upon the grantee thereof the right to use, or to construct and use, poles, wires or conduits and appurtenances for the purpose of transmitting and distributing electricity for all purposes, under, along, across, or upon the public streets, ways, alleys, and places as they now or hereafter exist within the municipality.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 197, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6291 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6291.

6291.  If the grantee of any franchise granted under this chapter fails, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions or conditions prescribed in this chapter, and does not within ten (10) days after written demand for compliance begin the work of compliance, or after such beginning does not prosecute the work with due diligence to completion, the municipality, by its legislative body, may declare the franchise forfeited.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6292 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6292.

6292.  Any municipality may sue in its own name for the forfeiture of any franchise granted pursuant to this chapter, in the event of noncompliance with any of the conditions thereof by the grantee, its successors, or assigns.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6293 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6293.

6293.  The grantee shall pay to the municipality a sum of money sufficient to reimburse it for all publication expenses incurred by it in connection with the granting of the franchise. Such payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after the municipality furnishes the grantee with a written statement of the expenses.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6294 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6294.

6294.  The grantee of a franchise under this chapter shall construct, install, and maintain all pipes, conduits, poles, wires, and appurtenances in accordance and in conformity with all of the ordinances and rules adopted by the legislative body of the municipality in the exercise of its police powers and not in conflict with the paramount authority of the State, and, as to state highways, subject to the laws relating to the location and maintenance of such facilities therein.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6295 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6295.

6295.  The grantee shall pay to the municipality on demand the cost of all repairs to public property made necessary by any of the operations of the grantee under the franchise.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6296 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6296.

6296.  The grantee shall indemnify and hold harmless the municipality and its officers from all liability for damages proximately resulting from any operations under the franchise.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6297 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6297.

6297.  The grantee shall remove or relocate without expense to the municipality any facilities installed, used, and maintained under the franchise if and when made necessary by any lawful change of grade, alignment, or width of any public street, way, alley, or place, including the construction of any subway or viaduct, by the municipality.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6298 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6298.

6298.  The grantee shall file with the legislative body of the municipality within thirty (30) days after any sale, transfer, assignment, or lease of the franchise or any part thereof, or any of the rights or privileges granted thereby, written evidence of the transaction certified to by the grantee or its duly authorized officers.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6299 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6299.

6299.  The grantee shall file with the clerk of the municipality, within three (3) months after the expiration of the calendar year, or fractional calendar year, following the date of the granting of the franchise and within three (3) months after the expiration of each calendar year thereafter, a verified statement showing in detail the total gross receipts of the grantee, its successors, or assigns during the preceding calendar year or fractional calendar year from the sale of the utility service for which the franchise was granted.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2 - Gas, Oil, Electric, and Water Franchises by Municipalities|ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Liabilities of Grantee|Section 6300.

6300.  The grantee shall pay to the municipality within fifteen (15) days after the time for filing its statement of gross receipts, in lawful money of the United States, the specified percentage of its gross receipts for the calendar year or fractional calendar year covered by the statement. Any neglect, omission, or refusal by the grantee to file the verified statement, or to pay the percentage at the times or in the manner provided constitutes grounds for the declaration of a forfeiture of the franchise and of all rights thereunder.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)