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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 2906.

2906. “Powers of control” means all powers of control vested in a municipal corporation to supervise and regulate (a) the relationship between public utilities and their present or prospective customers, consumers, or patrons. The term does not include the powers of control vested in any municipal corporation to supervise and regulate the relationship between such public utilities and the general public in matters affecting the health, convenience, and safety of the general public, including matters such as the use and repair of public streets by any public utility, the location of the poles, wires, mains, or conduits of any public utility, on, under, or above any public streets, and (b) the speed of common carriers operating within the limits of the municipal corporation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 2907.

2907. “Railroad corporation,” “street railroad corporation,” “common carrier,” “gas corporation,” “electrical corporation,” “telephone corporation,” “telegraph corporation,” “water corporation,” and “public utility” have the same meaning as is given to them, respectively, in Part 1 (commencing with Section 201).
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 369, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2931.

2931. The question whether any municipal corporation shall retain its powers of control respecting one or more classes of public utilities may be submitted to the qualified electors of the municipal corporation, as provided in this chapter, either at a general municipal election or at a special election.
The question may be submitted, either (a) in pursuance of an ordinance of intention adopted by a vote of three-fifths of all the members of the legislative body of the municipal corporation, declaring that the public interest requires the submission of, and that it is the intention of the legislative body to submit the question to a vote of the qualified electors of the municipal corporation or (b) in pursuance of a petition of qualified electors of the municipal corporation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2932.

2932. The ordinance of intention or the petition, as the case may be, shall contain the propositions proposed to be so submitted, as set forth in Section 2965.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2933.

2933. The petition shall be signed by qualified electors of the municipal corporation, equal in number to 10 per centum of the qualified electors, computed upon the total number of votes cast in the municipal corporation for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding general election prior to the filing of the petition at which a governor was elected. The petition may consist of separate papers, but if any paper consists of more than one sheet it shall be securely fastened together at the top. The signatures need not all be appended to one sheet of paper. Each paper shall have attached, at the bottom of the last sheet, the affidavit of a qualified elector of the municipal corporation, stating that all of the signatures on each sheet were made in his presence, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief each signature is a genuine signature of the person whose name purports to be subscribed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2934.

2934. The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative body of the municipal corporation. Within 10 days from the date of the filing of the petition, the clerk shall examine the petition and ascertain from the record of the registration of the electors of the city and county, or of the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors. Upon request of the clerk, the legislative body of the municipal corporation shall authorize him to employ persons specially to assist him in the work of examining the petition and shall provide for their compensation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2935.

2935. Upon completion of the examination, the clerk shall forthwith attach to the petition his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of the examination. If from the examination, the clerk finds that the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors, he shall certify that the petition is sufficient. If, from the examination, he finds that the petition is not signed by the requisite number of qualified electors, he shall certify to the number of qualified electors signing the petition and to the number of qualified electors required to make the petition sufficient.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2936.

2936. If, by the certificate of the clerk, the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended by filing a supplemental petition within 10 days from the date of the certificate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2937.

2937. The clerk shall, within 10 days from the filing of the supplemental petition, make a like examination of the supplemental petition and certify to the result of the examination as provided in Section 2936. If the certificate of the clerk shows any petition, or any petition together with a supplemental petition, to be insufficient, it shall be retained by him and kept as a public record, without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. But if, by the certificate of the clerk, any petition, or any petition together with a supplemental petition, is shown to be sufficient, the clerk shall forthwith present the petition to the legislative body of the municipal corporation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2938.

2938. The sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition shall not be subject to review by the legislative body. After the election held in pursuance of the petition, the sufficiency of the petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 2 - Petition for Election › Section 2939.

2939. In any city and county having a board of election commissioners and a registrar of voters, the clerk of the legislative body thereof shall immediately upon the filing of any petition with him, transmit the petition to the board of election commissioners, who shall forthwith deliver the petition to the registrar of voters, who shall perform all the duties herein required to be performed in other municipal corporations by the clerk of the legislative body respecting the examination and certification of the petition. The registrar of voters shall, upon making his certificate, forthwith return the petition to the clerk, who shall thereupon present the petition and the attached certificate to the legislative body of the municipal corporation as provided in this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2961.

2961. Upon the adoption of an ordinance of intention, or the presentation of a petition, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2931), the legislative body of the municipal corporation shall, by ordinance, order the holding of a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the municipal corporation the propositions set forth in the ordinance of intention or in the petition, as the case may be, or the legislative body shall, by ordinance, order the submission of the propositions at a general municipal election.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2962.

2962. A special election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the adoption of the ordinance of intention, or the presentation of the petition to the legislative body.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1146.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2963.

2963. Every special election held in any municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter, shall be called by the legislative body thereof, by ordinance, which shall specify the propositions to be submitted at the election and the date thereof, and, where provision is not otherwise made by law, shall establish the election precincts and designate the polling places, and the names of the election officers for each precinct.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2964.

2964. The ordinance shall, prior to the election, be published five times in a daily newspaper printed and published in the municipal corporation, or twice in a weekly newspaper printed and published therein, if there is no such daily newspaper. If no daily or weekly newspaper is printed and published in the municipal corporation, the clerk of the legislative body shall post a copy of the ordinance in three public places in the municipal corporation at least 10 days prior to the election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2965.

2965. The ballots to be used at any general municipal election or at any special election, at which is submitted the question whether a municipal corporation shall retain its powers of control respecting public utilities shall have printed thereon, in addition to the other matters required by law, such of the following propositions as are specified in the ordinance of intention or the petition:
“Proposition No. 1.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over railroad corporations?”
“Proposition No. 2.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over street railroad corporations?”
“Proposition No. 3.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over common carriers other than railroad and street railroad corporations?”
“Proposition No. 4.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over gas corporations?”
“Proposition No. 5.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over electrical corporations?”
“Proposition No. 6.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over telephone corporations?”
“Proposition No. 7.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over telegraph corporations?”
“Proposition No. 8.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over water corporations?”
“Proposition No. 9.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over wharfingers?”
“Proposition No. 10.Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) retain its powers of control over warehousemen?”
Opposite each such proposition to be voted upon, and to the right thereof, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting squares. Any voter desiring to vote in favor of the retention of the powers of control of the municipal corporation respecting any particular class of public utility, shall stamp a cross (×) in the voting square after the printed word “Yes” opposite the proposition as to such class, and any voter desiring to vote against the retention of such powers of the municipal corporation respecting any particular class of public utility, shall stamp a cross (×) in the voting square after the printed word “No” opposite such proposition.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2966.

2966. If the propositions specified in Section 2965 are submitted at a special election in any municipal corporation, the legislative body or other body or board charged with the duty of canvassing the returns and declaring the result of elections in the municipal corporation, shall meet at their usual place of meeting on the first Monday after the election to canvass the returns and to declare the result thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2967.

2967. Immediately upon the completion of the canvass of the returns of any special or general municipal election at which the propositions specified in Section 2965 were submitted, the legislative body or other body or board charged with the duty shall make an order declaring the result of the election upon such propositions and shall cause the results to be entered upon its minutes. The order shall show the total number of votes cast upon each proposition, and the number of votes cast respectively in favor of and against each proposition.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2968.

2968. If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified electors of the municipal corporation have voted to retain the powers of control of the municipal corporation respecting any particular class of public utility, the municipal corporation is deemed to have elected to retain the powers of control respecting such class of public utility, and such powers shall be exercised by the municipal corporation until they are surrendered.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2969.

2969. If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified electors voted not to retain the powers of control respecting any class of public utility, the municipal corporation is deemed to have elected not to retain the powers of control, and the powers of control shall thereafter vest in and be exercised by the commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2970.

2970. Immediately upon the entry of the order declaring the result of the election, the clerk of the legislative body or the registrar of voters of any municipal corporation having a board of election commissioners and a registrar of voters, shall make copies, in duplicate, of the order, and shall attach to each copy his certificate under the seal, if any, of the municipal corporation, or of the board of election commissioners, certifying that it is a true and correct copy of the order. The clerk or registrar of voters, as the case may be, shall forthwith file one copy in the office of the commission and the other in the Office of the Secretary of State.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2971.

2971. Immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of the order in the office of the commission, the powers of control theretofore vested in the municipal corporation over any class or classes of public utilities which a majority of the qualified electors of the municipal corporation voting thereon have voted not to retain, as shown by the order, thereupon vests in and shall be exercised by the commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2972.

2972. Any municipal corporation which has retained the powers of control vested therein respecting any class or classes of public utilities may thereafter surrender its powers of control as to such class or classes of public utilities at a general municipal election, or at a special election called for that purpose.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2973.

2973. The ballots to be used at the election shall have printed thereon, in addition to the other matters required by law, separate propositions as to each class of public utilities as to which the municipal corporation may retain its powers of control and as to which it is desired to vote. As to each of such classes of public utilities, and in addition to the other matters required by law to be printed thereon, a proposition shall be printed on the ballot to be used at the election in substantially the following form: “Shall ______ (name of municipal corporation) surrender its powers of control over ______ (here insert class of public utility) to the Public Utilities Commission?” Opposite each such proposition to be voted upon, and to the right thereof, the words “Yes” and “No” shall be printed on separate lines, with voting squares. Any elector desiring to vote to surrender the powers of control of the municipal corporation over any class of public utility specified on the ballot, shall stamp a cross (×) in the voting square opposite the printed word “Yes,” after the proposition as to such class and any elector desiring to vote not to surrender the powers of control of such municipal corporation over such class of public utility, shall stamp a cross (×) in the voting square opposite the printed word “No” after the proposition as to such class.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2974.

2974. The provisions of this chapter, insofar as applicable, shall govern elections called, conducted, and held under the provisions of this article and general municipal elections at which the propositions to surrender control of public utilities are submitted. If it appears from the result of the election declared as provided in this article, that a majority of the qualified electors of a municipal corporation have voted to surrender the powers of control of the municipal corporation respecting any particular class of public utility, the municipal corporation is deemed to have surrendered its powers of control as to such class of public utility to the commission, and such powers shall thereafter vest in and be exercised by the commission, as provided by law, upon the filing, in the office of the commission, of a certified copy of the order declaring the result of the election. If it appears from the result of the election, as declared, that a majority of the qualified electors have voted not to surrender the powers of control respecting any particular class of public utility, such powers of control shall continue in the municipal corporation. Such powers of control may thereafter be surrendered by the municipal corporation at any subsequent election at which the question of surrender may again be submitted under the provisions of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2975.

2975. The holding of a special election, or the submission of propositions at any general municipal election, under any of the provisions of this chapter, shall not be construed to preclude the holding of a subsequent special election or the subsequent submission of propositions at a general municipal election, on the question of the retention or surrender by a municipal corporation of its powers of control respecting any class of public utilities. However, not more than one such special election shall be held within any period of 12 months.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations › ARTICLE 3 - Elections › Section 2976.

2976. Except as otherwise in this chapter provided, the holding and conducting of elections pursuant to this chapter, the form of the ballots used, the opening and closing of the polls, the canvass of the returns, and the declaring of the result shall conform to such laws as are applicable to special municipal elections held in the municipal corporation affected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3001.

3001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3002.

3002. “Association” means any corporation which is organized pursuant to this chapter. An association is incorporated or organized pursuant to this chapter and is a producer of gas within the meaning of this chapter if it is functioning under, or is subject to, this chapter, regardless of whether it was originally incorporated pursuant to this chapter or was incorporated under other provisions of law.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3003.

3003. “Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations which are organized with shares of stock.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3004.

3004. “Gas” means all gas produced in this state, natural or manufactured, except propane, for light, heat, or power.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3021.

3021. The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following:
(a) Promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of gas through cooperation.
(b) Make the delivery of gas from producer to distributor as direct as can be efficiently done.
(c) Free producers from unreasonable constraints imposed by limited access to market.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3022.

3022. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) California gas production is an important part of the state’s gas supply.
(b) The actual delivered cost of California produced gas is presently lower than the cost of alternative out-of-state and Canadian gas supplies.
(c) California gas is produced and made available by California businesses and California taxpayers employing California workers.
(d) California gas consumers are entitled to a “least cost supply mix” in the gas supplies made available to them for purchase.
(e) California consumers and California producers of gas are entitled to be free of artificial constraints and unreasonable burdens on the marketing of California gas at a fair price.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3023.

3023. Associations are “nonprofit,” since they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3024.

3024. Any provision of law which is in conflict with this chapter does not apply to any association.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3025.

3025. Any exemption under any existing law which applies to gas in the possession, or under the control, of the individual producer, applies equally to gas in the possession, or under the control, of an association.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3026.

3026. No person, corporation, or association, that is hereafter organized or doing business in this state, may use the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate name or other business name or title for gas producers’ cooperative marketing activities, unless it has complied with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3027.

3027. Any person, corporation, or association which is organized pursuant to any previously existing statute for the purpose of cooperatively selling gas is deemed to be organized and existing pursuant to this chapter, and this chapter applies to that person, corporation, or association.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3028.

3028. An association is not any of the following:
(a) A conspiracy, a combination in restraint of trade, or an illegal monopoly.
(b) An attempt to lessen competition, to fix prices arbitrarily, or to create a combination or pool in violation of any law of this state.
(c) A public utility for any purpose under Part 1 (commencing with Section 201).
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3029.

3029. The marketing contracts and agreements between an association and its members, and any agreements authorized in this chapter, are not illegal, in restraint of trade, or contrary to any statute which is enacted against pooling or combinations.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3030.

3030. The General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code) applies to each association which is organized pursuant to this chapter, except where this chapter provides otherwise. For the purpose of associations organized without shares of stock, the members are deemed to be “shareholders” as the term is used in the General Corporation Law.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES › CHAPTER 1 - Gas Producers Cooperative Associations › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 3031.

3031. It is an unfair trade practice, and unlawful, for any gas corporation to do any of the following:
(a) Interfere with, restrain, coerce, or boycott any person engaged in the production of gas within the state in the exercise of any right described in this chapter.
(b) Discriminate against any person engaged in the production of gas within the state with respect to price, delivery, or other terms of purchase of gas by reason of membership in or contract with any association formed pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Pay or loan money or give any thing of value as an inducement or reward for refusing or ceasing to belong to, or for breaching one’s membership agreement in, an association.
(d) Maliciously or knowingly give false reports about the finances, management, or activities of any person subject to this chapter.
(e) Refuse to negotiate or bargain at reasonable times and for reasonable periods of time with a genuine desire to reach agreement and a serious attempt to resolve differences with an association for price, terms of sale, terms of transportation, compensation for gas produced under contract, or any other contract provision relative to gas production represented by an association, except that nothing in this subdivision requires a gas corporation to reach agreement on price, delivery terms, transportation terms, compensation, or any other contract term.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3051. Three or more natural persons, all of whom are residents of this state, who are engaged in the production of gas within this state, may form an association pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of engaging in any activity in connection with any of the following:
(a) The selling of gas produced by its members.
(b) The storing, handling, transportation, or utilization of gas or the manufacturing or making of byproducts of gas.
(c) The manufacturing, selling, or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment, or supplies directly related to the production, transmission, storage, or marketing of gas.
(d) The financing of any activity specified in this section.
(e) The representation of its members in bargaining and negotiations concerning any sale of gas to a third party, either pursuant to an existing contract or a new contract.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 349, Sec. 1.)
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3061. The articles of incorporation of the association shall show that the signers of the articles of incorporation are engaged in the production of gas, state that they propose to incorporate an association pursuant to this chapter, and shall state all of the following:
(a) The name of the association.
(b) The purposes for which it is formed.
(c) The county where the principal office for the transaction of business of the association is to be located.
(d) The number of directors of the association, which shall be not less than three, and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the first directors. If it is desired that the first directors serve for terms of different length, the term for which each person so named shall serve shall also be stated.
(e) If organized without shares of stock, whether the voting power and the property rights and interest of each member are equal or unequal. If voting power and property rights and interest of each member are unequal, the general rule or rules which are applicable to all members by which the voting power and the property rights and interests, respectively, of each member may be determined and fixed shall also be stated.
(f) If organized with shares of stock, the number of shares which may be issued and, if the shares are to have a par value, the par value of each share, and the aggregate par value of all shares. If the shares are to be without par value, it shall be so stated.
If the shares of stock are to be classified, a description of the classes of shares and a statement of the number of shares of each kind or class and the nature and extent of the preferences, rights, privileges, and restrictions which are granted to, or imposed upon, the holders of the respective classes of stock.
Except as to the matters and things so stated, no distinction shall exist between the classes of stock or the holders of them. One class of stock shall always be known as common stock, and the voting power may be restricted to holders of common stock.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3062. Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed in the manner which is prescribed by the general laws of this state for domestic corporations.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3063. The articles of incorporation of any association may be amended in the manner and for the purposes which are authorized by the General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code).
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3081. Each association shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management a code of bylaws that is not inconsistent with this chapter. The vote or written assent of the members that hold at least a majority of the voting power is necessary to adopt the bylaws and is effective to repeal or amend the bylaws or to adopt additional bylaws.
The power to repeal and amend the bylaws, and to adopt new bylaws, may, by a similar vote or similar written assent, be delegated to the board of directors, which authority may, by a similar vote or similar written assent, be revoked.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3082. The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting meetings. Meetings of members shall be held at the place specified in the bylaws or, if no such provision is made, the meetings shall be held in the city where the principal place of business is located at a place designated by the board of directors. Meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the state which is fixed by a majority of the board of directors, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3083. The bylaws may prescribe the number of stockholders or members which constitutes a quorum.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3084. The bylaws may prescribe the right of members to vote by proxy or by mail, or both; the conditions, manner, form, and effects of their votes; the right of members to cumulate their votes; and the prohibition, if desired, of cumulative voting.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3085. The bylaws may prescribe the number of directors which constitutes a quorum.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3086. (a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications, compensation, duties, and term of office of the directors and officers and the time of their election.
(b) The number of directors set forth in the articles of incorporation shall be either a fixed number or a variable number. If a fixed number, it shall not be less than three. If a variable number, the stated minimum shall not be less than three and the stated maximum shall not be more than two times the stated minimum minus one.
(c) The number of directors may also be set forth in the bylaws either as a fixed number or as a variable number subject to the same limitations as in subdivision (b). After members have been admitted, any adoption or amendment of the bylaw provision shall be subject to approval pursuant to Section 152 of the Corporations Code.
(d) In the event of an inconsistency between an article provision referred to in subdivision (b) and a bylaw provision referred to in subdivision (c), the provision more recently adopted or amended shall prevail.
(e) If a variable number of directors is set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, the exact number of directors shall be fixed, within the limits specified, by approval of the board of directors or by the members pursuant to Section 153 of the Corporations Code in the manner designated in the bylaws.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3087. The bylaws may prescribe penalties for violations of the bylaws.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3088. The bylaws may prescribe the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the manner and method of collection of these fees; and the purposes for which they may be used.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3089. The bylaws may prescribe the amount which each member shall be required to pay annually, or from time to time if at all, to carry on the business of the association; the charge, if any, to be paid by each member or for services rendered by the association and the time of payment and the manner of collection; and the marketing contract between the association and its members which every member may be required to sign.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3090. The bylaws may prescribe the amount of any dividends which may be declared on the stock or membership capital, which shall not exceed 8 percent per annum, shall be in the nature of interest, and shall not affect the nonprofit character of any association.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3091. The bylaws may prescribe the number and qualification of members of the association and the conditions precedent to membership; the method, time, and manner of permitting members to withdraw or to transfer their stock; the manner of assignment and transfer of the interest of members; the conditions upon which, and time when, membership of any member shall cease; the automatic supsension of the rights of a member who ceases to be eligible for membership in the association; and the mode, manner, and effect of the expulsion of a member.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3092. The bylaws may prescribe the manner of determining the value of a member’s interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or upon the expulsion of a member or forfeiture of membership or, at the option of the association, the purchase at a price fixed by conclusive appraisal by the board of directors. In case of the expulsion of a member, and where the bylaws do not provide any procedure or penalty, the board of directors shall equitably and conclusively appraise the member’s property interest in the association and shall fix the amount of that property interest in money, which shall be paid to the member within one year after expulsion.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)
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3101. The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors who are elected by the members.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 680, Sec. 1.)