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CA Pub Util Code § 6301 (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 6301.

6301.  (a) The grantee of a franchise under this chapter may be required to file a bond running to the municipality approved by the legislative body, in a penal sum prescribed by the legislative body and set forth in the resolution of intention to grant the franchise, conditioned that the grantee shall well and truly observe, fulfill, and perform each term and condition of the franchise, and that in case of any breach of condition of the bond the amount of the penal sum therein named shall be recoverable.(b) The bond, if required by the legislative body, shall be filed with the legislative body within five days after the date of the granting of the franchise. If the bond is not so filed, or does not receive the approval of the legislative body, the franchise may be refused or forfeited and any money paid to the municipality in connection therewith shall be retained by the municipality.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 359.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6302 (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 6302.

6302.  The grantee of a franchise under this chapter shall be liable to the granting municipality for all damages proximately resulting from the failure of the grantee well and faithfully to observe and perform any provision of the franchise and any provision of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6350 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Municipal Public Lands Use Surcharge|ARTICLE 1 - Intent|Section 6350.

6350.  There is hereby created a surcharge to be applied to natural gas and electricity transported over utility and nonutility transmission or distribution systems, or both, constructed under, along, across, or upon the public streets, ways, alleys, and places within a municipality, to replace, but not increase, franchise fees that would have been collected pursuant to this division if not for changes in the regulatory environment such as the “unbundling” of the gas industry.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 233, Sec. 2. Effective August 2, 1993.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6351 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Municipal Public Lands Use Surcharge|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 6351.

6351.  As used in this chapter:(a) “Municipality” includes counties.(b) “Energy transporter” means and includes every utility and nonutility owner or operator, or both, of a natural gas or electric transmission or distribution system, or both, subject to a franchise agreement executed pursuant to this division, provided that proprietary gas pipelines whose franchise fees are set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 6231) of Chapter 2 shall not be covered by this chapter.(c) “Transportation customer” means every person, firm, or corporation, other than the State of California or a political subdivision thereof, transporting gas or electricity on an energy transporter’s transmission or distribution system, or both, when the gas or electricity was purchased by the transportation customer from a third party. Transportation customer shall not include one gas utility transporting gas, for end use in its commission designated service area through another gas utility’s service area, nor shall transportation customer include a utility transporting its own gas through its own gas transmission or distribution system, or both, for purposes of generating electricity or for use in its own operations. In addition, “transportation customer” shall not include a cogeneration or nonutility generation facility when the facility transports electricity through its own electric transmission or distribution system or otherwise delivers electricity in the manner described in Section 218.(d) “Surcharge” means a municipal surcharge for the use of public lands by a transportation customer as defined in subdivision (c).(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 487, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6352 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Municipal Public Lands Use Surcharge|ARTICLE 3 - Surcharge|Section 6352.

6352.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a transportation customer who receives transportation service on a natural gas or electric transmission or distribution system, or both, subject to a franchise agreement executed pursuant to this division from an energy transporter shall be subject to a surcharge as defined in Section 6353. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no county shall impose a surcharge pursuant to this chapter in an incorporated area.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the surcharge assessed for gas used to generate electricity by a nonutility facility shall be the same as the surcharge assessed for gas used to generate electricity by the electric utility for that quantity of gas described in Section 454.4. The surcharge amount for electricity shall not apply to the sale of electricity from a cogeneration or nonutility facility to an entity for resale to a retail customer.(c) Nothing in this chapter permits a municipality to recover surcharges imposed pursuant to this chapter on the commodity cost of gas or electricity transported for transportation customers in addition to franchise fees calculated on the imputed value of the same quantities of gas or electricity. If a municipality has a franchise agreement with an energy transporter that requires the energy transporter to pay a franchise fee based upon an imputed value for the commodity cost of gas or electricity transported but not sold by the energy transporter, the energy transporter may apply the surcharge imposed by this chapter toward the amount of the franchise fee due under the franchise agreement.(d) Nothing in this chapter shall in any way affect the rights of the parties to existing franchise agreements executed pursuant to this division that are in force on the effective date of this chapter.(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the surcharge shall not apply to corporations transporting natural gas pursuant to a “gas transportation only” agreement in effect prior to January 1, 1986.(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an energy transporter of gas that is required to obtain a franchise agreement with a municipality, and that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall not be required to collect the surcharge imposed by this chapter, but shall be required to negotiate with the municipality under the provisions of this division, franchise fees that recover amounts equivalent to those amounts that would otherwise have been recovered pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 487, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6353 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Municipal Public Lands Use Surcharge|ARTICLE 3 - Surcharge|Section 6353.

6353.  For purpose of calculating the surcharge required in Section 6352, the energy transporter shall do all of the following:(a) For each transportation customer, determine the volume of transported gas or electricity, in therms or kilowatt hours respectively, subject to the surcharge.(b) Determine the weighted average cost of the energy transporter’s gas or electricity. For gas, the energy transporter shall use its tariffed core subscription weighted average cost of gas (WACOG) exclusive of any California sourced franchise fee factor. For electricity, the energy transporter shall use that portion of the otherwise applicable utility rate or charge which, pursuant to commissioner order, is removed from the bill of a retail electric customer who has elected direct access to reflect the fact that the customer is purchasing energy from a nonutility provider exclusive of any California sourced franchise fee factor. For an energy transporter that does not provide gas or electricity at a commission tariffed rate, the energy transporter shall use the equivalent tariffed rate of the commission regulated energy transporter operating in the same service area.(c) Determine a product for each transportation customer by multiplying the volume determined pursuant to subdivision (a) by the weighted average cost determined pursuant to subdivision (b).(d) Determine the surcharge applicable to each transportation customer by multiplying the product determined pursuant to subdivision (c) by the sum of the franchise fee factor plus any franchise fee surcharge authorized for the energy transporter as approved by the commission in the energy transporter’s most recent proceeding in which those factors and surcharges were set. An energy transporter not regulated by the commission shall multiply the product determined in subdivision (c) by the franchise fee rate contained in its individual franchise agreement in effect in each municipality.(e) The surcharge assessed pursuant to this chapter only applies to the end use point.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 485, Sec. 138. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 6354.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 3 - PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Municipal Public Lands Use Surcharge|ARTICLE 4 - Rights, Restrictions, and Compensation|Section 6354.1.

6354.1.  As an alternative to the requirements of subdivision (h) of Section 6354, an energy transporter may elect to state on each customer’s bill, including both transportation customers and customers receiving bundled services, the amount of that bill which is attributable to local franchise fee charges.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 487, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Finance|Section 7503.

7503.  Any person or any corporation formed under the laws of this State or of any other state within the United States that the directors of a railroad corporation may by unanimous concurrence select, may be trustees in any deed of trust securing bonds, debentures, notes, and evidences of indebtedness issued by such railroad corporation.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1036.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Finance|Section 7505.

7505.  (a) Revenue derived from passenger rail service on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad right-of-way south of Willits to Larkspur shall only be used for capital improvements to, and operating expenses of, the passenger rail service south of Willits to Larkspur.(b) Real property on which the Northwestern Pacific Railroad right-of-way south of Willits to Larkspur is located shall not be pledged or mortgaged to fund capital improvements on the right-of-way north of Willits.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Finance|Section 7508.

7508.  Subject to the provisions of Part 1 of Division 1 and of the Corporations Code, any railroad corporation, or person or corporation owning any railroad in this State, may sell, convey, and transfer its property and franchises, or any part thereof, to any other railroad corporation, whether organized under the laws of this State or of any other state or territory, or under any act of Congress. The railroad corporation receiving the conveyance may hold and operate the railroad franchises and property within this State, build and operate extensions and branches thereof, exercise the right of eminent domain for such purposes, and do any other business in connection therewith, as fully and effectually as if the corporation was organized under the laws of this State.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1031.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7527 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7527.

7527.  Every railroad corporation also has all of the following powers:(a) To carry persons and property on its railroad, and to receive tolls or compensation therefor.(b) To erect and maintain all necessary and convenient buildings, stations, depots, fixtures, and machinery for the accommodation and use of its passengers, freight, and business.(c) To regulate the time and manner in which passengers and property shall be transported, and the tolls and compensation to be paid therefor within the limits prescribed by law and subject to alteration, change, or amendment by the Legislature at any time.(d) To regulate the force and speed of its locomotives, cars, trains, or other machinery used and employed on its roads.(e) To establish, execute, and enforce all needful and proper rules and regulations for the management of its business transactions usual and proper for railroad corporations.(f) To purchase, lease, or acquire the franchises, rights, and property, or any part thereof, of any railroad corporation, leasing or owning any railroad outside of the State, to operate it and use the franchises of any such road, and to build and operate extensions thereof.(g) To purchase, acquire, and hold the stocks, bonds, or other securities of any railroad corporation organized under the laws of this State or of any other state or territory, with full power to sell them.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1028.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7528 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7528.

7528.  Every person or corporation authorized to operate a railroad is authorized to use steam, diesel, electricity, compressed air, or any other suitable motive power, for the purpose of propelling cars or trains on the railroad or upon any portion thereof.(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1027.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7529 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7529.

7529.  Railroad corporations doing business in this State and organized under any law of this State or the United States, or of any state or territory thereof, may enter into contracts with one another, whereby the one may lease of the other the whole or any part of its railroad, or may acquire of the other the right to use, in common with it, the whole or any part of its railroad.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7530 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7530.

7530.  Every railroad corporation in this State shall, within a reasonable time after its road is finally located, make a map and profile thereof, and of the land acquired for the use thereof, and the boundaries of the several counties through which the road may run, and file it in the Office of the Secretary of State. Every railroad corporation shall file like maps of the parts of the railroad located in different counties in the office of the clerk of the county in which such parts of the road are, there to remain of record forever. The maps and profiles shall be certified by the chief engineer, the acting president, and the secretary of the company. Copies of the map and profiles, so certified and filed, shall be kept in the office of the secretary of the corporation, subject to examination by all parties interested.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7531 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7531.

7531.  If, at any time after the location of the line of the railroad and the filing of the maps and profiles thereof, it appears that the location can be improved, the directors may alter or change the location of the line, and cause new maps and profiles to be filed, showing such changes, in the same offices where the originals are of file. The directors may proceed, in the same manner as the original location was acquired, to acquire and take possession of the new line, but shall sell or relinquish the lands owned by them for the original location, within five years after such change. No new location, as herein provided, shall be so run as to avoid any points named in their articles of incorporation.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7531.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7531.5.

7531.5.  Upon receipt by it of an application, filed with either the federal Surface Transportation Board or the Public Utilities Commission, to abandon a line of railroad, the Public Utilities Commission shall forward a copy of the application to the Department of Transportation within 10 days.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 89.4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7533 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7533.

7533.  The board of directors of any railroad corporation may at any time after the original location and construction of its railroad, in order to provide better facilities for the public service, construct an additional main line track or tracks either adjacent to the located and operated line or otherwise, but always in whole or in part between the same termini. The railroad corporation may, without abandoning the original location, acquire such rights of way as are necessary for the additional track or tracks, with their appendages and adjuncts, of a similar width as provided in Section 7526 for the original location, either by purchase or condemnation, as therein provided, and may operate the additional tracks in conjunction with any tracks previously constructed, as additional facilities for the railroad system. Nothing herein supersedes or repeals any law relating to the regulation of railroad corporations by the commission, or any law requiring railroads to obtain franchises from the cities or counties through which the additional tracks may pass.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7535 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7535.

7535.  Whenever the track of one railroad intersects or crosses the track of another railroad, whether it is a street railroad, wholly within the limits of a city, or other railroad, the rails of either or each road shall be so cut and adjusted as to permit the passage of the cars on each road with as little obstruction as possible. If the persons or corporations owning the railroads cannot agree as to the compensation to be made for cutting and adjusting the rails, the condemnation of the right of way over the one for the use of the other road may be had in proceedings under Title 7, Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and damages assessed and the right of way granted as in other cases.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7536 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7536.

7536.  Whenever the track of a railroad crosses another railroad or a highway, such railroad or highway may be carried under, over, or on a level with the track, as is most expedient. Where an embankment or cutting necessitates a change in the line of such railroad or highway, the corporation may take such additional lands and material as are necessary for the construction of the road or highway on the new line. If the necessary lands cannot be had otherwise, they may be condemned as provided in Title 7, Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and when compensation is made therefor the lands become the property of the corporation.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7537 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7537.

7537.  The owner of any lands along or through which any railroad is constructed or maintained, may have such farm or private crossings over the railroad and railroad right of way as are reasonably necessary or convenient for ingress to or egress from such lands, or in order to connect such lands with other adjacent lands of the owner. The owner or operator of the railroad shall construct and at all times maintain such farm or private crossing in a good, safe, and passable condition. The commission shall have the authority to determine the necessity for any crossing and the place, manner, and conditions under which the crossing shall be constructed and maintained, and shall fix and assess the cost and expense thereof.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7538 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties|Section 7538.

7538.  At every farm or private grade crossing of a railroad where no automatic grade crossing protective device is in place there shall be installed, as a means of protecting the crossing, one or more stop signs of the type described in Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code or of such other design as the commission may prescribe unless, after a hearing, the commission shall find that the installation of such sign or signs at a particular crossing would create a hazard or dangerous condition that would not otherwise exist. At any grade crossing where stop signs are installed or in place, before traversing such crossing the driver of any vehicle shall stop such vehicle not less than 10 nor more than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the track and while so stopped shall listen, and look in both directions along the track, for any approaching train or other equipment using such rails. The vehicle shall remain standing while any train or other equipment using such rails is approaching the crossing and is close enough to constitute a hazard. A driver of any vehicle who fails to keep his vehicle standing while any train or equipment using such rails is approaching the crossing and which is so close as to constitute a hazard is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 351.)