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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80160.

80160. (a) Bonds in the total amount of four billion dollars ($4,000,000,000), and any additional bonds authorized, issued, and appropriated in accordance with this division pursuant to other provisions of law, not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 80172, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this division and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The bonds, when sold, issued, and delivered, shall be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the committee pursuant to this section. The bonds shall be sold upon the terms and conditions specified in a resolution to be adopted by the committee pursuant to Section 16731 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80161.

80161. The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), as amended from time to time, and all of the provisions of that law apply to the bonds and to this division.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80162.

80162. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), of the bonds authorized by this division, the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this division, the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Finance Committee is the “committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law.
(b) The committee consists of the Director of Finance, the Treasurer, and the Controller. Notwithstanding any other law, any member may designate a representative to act as that member in his or her place for all purposes, as though the member were personally present.
(c) The Treasurer shall serve as the chairperson of the committee.
(d) A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80163.

80163. The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized by this division in order to carry out the actions specified in this division and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80164.

80164. For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “board,” as defined in Section 16722 of the Government Code, means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80165.

80165. There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act that is necessary to collect that additional sum.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80166.

80166. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will equal the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum that is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 80169, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80167.

80167. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, including other authorized forms of interim financing that include, but are not limited to, commercial paper, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purpose of carrying out this division. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division, excluding refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 80172, less any amount loaned and not yet repaid pursuant to this section and withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to Section 80169 and not yet returned to the General Fund. The board shall execute those documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with this division.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80168.

80168. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions or is otherwise entitled to any federal tax advantage, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and for the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80169.

80169. For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division, excluding refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section 80172, less any amount loaned pursuant to Section 80167 and not yet repaid and any amount withdrawn from the General Fund pursuant to this section and not yet returned to the General Fund. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with this division. Any moneys made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund, with interest at the rate earned by the moneys in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from proceeds received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out this division.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80170.

80170. All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this division shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except that amounts derived from premiums may be reserved and used to pay the cost of bond issuance prior to any transfer to the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80171.

80171. Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid or reimbursed out of the bond proceeds, including premiums, if any. To the extent the cost of bond issuance is not paid from premiums received from the sale of bonds, these costs shall be allocated proportionally to each program funded through this division by the applicable bond sale.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80172.

80172. The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters of the state for the issuance of the bonds under this division shall include approval of the issuance of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally issued under this division or any previously issued refunding bonds. Any bond refunded with the proceeds of a refunding bond as authorized by this section may be legally defeased to the extent permitted by law in the manner and to the extent set forth in the resolution, as amended from time to time, authorizing that refunded bond.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 46 - California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 › CHAPTER 13 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 80173.

80173. The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 852, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 68 at the June 5, 2018, election.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 47 - Fuel Reduction Work Contracts › Section 80200.

80200. (a) Any fuel reduction work, including, but not limited to, residential chipping, rural road fuel breaks, and firebreaks, done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1720 of the Labor Code, except as specified in subdivision (b), subdivision (c), Section 80202, or Section 80203, shall be subject to the following standards:
(1) All workers employed in the execution of the contract to perform work that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades for which an apprenticeship program has been approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code shall be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.
(2) All contractors and subcontractors shall maintain payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code and make those records available for inspection and copying as provided in that section.
(3) A contractor shall be registered pursuant to Section 1725.6 of the Labor Code to be qualified to bid on, be awarded contracts for, or engage in the performance of, any work subject to the requirements of this section. For the purposes of this paragraph, “contractor” includes a subcontractor as defined by Section 1722.1 of the Labor Code.
(b) This division does not apply to fuel reduction work that is awarded by a federal entity using solely federal funds under which federal prevailing wage requirements apply.
(c) This division is applicable only to work performed under contract and is not applicable to work carried out by a public agency with its own forces.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. (AB 338) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 80204.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 47 - Fuel Reduction Work Contracts › Section 80201.

80201. (a) The requirement to pay prevailing wages pursuant to this division may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee through a civil action under Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code.
(b) If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. (AB 338) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 80204.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 47 - Fuel Reduction Work Contracts › Section 80202.

80202. This division only applies to contracts in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. (AB 338) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 80204.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 47 - Fuel Reduction Work Contracts › Section 80203.

80203. (a) This division does not apply to work performed on Indian lands, as defined in Section 2703 of Title 25 of the United States Code, nor to work performed under contract with a federally recognized Native American tribe.
(b) This division does not apply to prescribed fire or grazing work.
(c) This division does not apply to work performed on private land. That work shall be considered an exception to the definition of maintenance in Section 16000 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.
(d) This division does not apply to nonprofit organizations that directly contract with the state or a political subdivision until July 1, 2027, and does not apply to any contract, subcontract, or grant agreement between a nonprofit organization and the state or a political subdivision that is fully executed when this division becomes operative, unless the contract, subcontract, or grant agreement is renewed after July 1, 2027.
(e) This division does not apply to any workers who are currently exempt from public works requirements pursuant to Section 1720.4 of the Labor Code.
(f) This division does not apply to fuel reduction work performed by an inmate.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. (AB 338) Effective January 1, 2024. Operative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 80204.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 47 - Fuel Reduction Work Contracts › Section 80204.

80204. This division shall become operative on July 1, 2026, and does not apply to any contract, subcontract, or grant agreement that is fully executed when this division becomes operative, unless the contract, subcontract, or grant agreement is renewed after July 1, 2026.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 428, Sec. 1. (AB 338) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.

5. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions, rules of construction, and other general provisions contained in Sections 1 to 22, inclusive, and the definitions in the Public Utilities Act (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 201) of Part 1 of Division 1), shall govern the construction of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.

7. Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or by a person authorized, pursuant to law, by the officer, unless this code expressly provides otherwise.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8.

8. Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, petition, or record is required or authorized by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language unless it is expressly provided otherwise.
Wherever any notice or other communication is required by this code to be mailed by registered mail by or to any person or corporation, the mailing of such notice or other communication by certified mail shall be deemed to be a sufficient compliance with the requirements of law.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 426.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 16.

16. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 20.

20. (a) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission created by Section 1 of Article XII of the California Constitution, and “commissioner” means a member of the commission.
(b) “Energy Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 20.5.

20.5. For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 9.5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 22.

22. No corporation formed or existing before 12 o'clock m. of January 1, 1873, is affected by the provisions of Division 4 of this code unless the corporation has elected to continue its existence under the provisions of the Civil Code repealed by this code, or elects to continue its existence under this code, but the laws under which such corporations were formed and exist continue to apply to all such corporations, notwithstanding their repeal by this code or prior to its enactment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 202.

202. Neither this part nor any provision thereof, except when specifically so stated, shall apply to commerce with foreign nations or to interstate commerce, except insofar as such application is permitted under the Constitution and laws of the United States; but with reference to passenger stage corporations operating in interstate commerce between any point within this State and any point in any other state or in any foreign nation, the commission may prescribe such reasonable, uniform and nondiscriminatory rules in the interest and aid of public health, security, convenience, and general welfare as, in its opinion, are required by public convenience and necessity.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2148.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 206.

206. As used in this chapter “person” and “corporation” include the lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, of the person or corporation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 207.

207. “Public or any portion thereof” means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, including a person, private corporation, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State, for which the service is performed or to which the commodity is delivered.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 208.

208. “Transportation of persons” includes every service in connection with or incidental to the safety, comfort, or convenience of the person transported and the receipt, carriage, and delivery of such person and his baggage.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 209.

209. “Transportation of property” includes every service in connection with or incidental to the transportation of property, including in particular its receipt, delivery, elevation, transfer, switching, carriage, ventilation, refrigeration, icing, dunnage, storage, and handling, and the transmission of credit by express corporations.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 210.

210. “Rates” includes rates, fares, tolls, rentals, and charges, unless the context indicates otherwise.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 211.

211. “Common carrier” means every person and corporation providing transportation for compensation to or for the public or any portion thereof, except as otherwise provided in this part.
“Common carrier” includes:
(a) Every railroad corporation; street railroad corporation; dispatch, sleeping car, dining car, drawing-room car, freight, freightline, refrigerator, oil, stock, fruit, car-loaning, car-renting, car-loading, and every other car corporation or person operating for compensation within this state.
(b) Every corporation or person, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vessel used in the transportation of persons or property for compensation between points upon the inland waters of this state or upon the high seas between points within this state, except as provided in Section 212. “Inland waters” as used in this section includes all navigable waters within this state other than the high seas.
(c) Every “passenger stage corporation” operating within this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 212.

212. (a) “Common carrier” shall not include:
(1) Any corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any vessel, by reason of the furnishing of water transportation service between points upon the inland waters of this state or upon the high seas between points within this state for affiliated or parent or subsidiary companies or for the products of other corporations or persons engaged in the same industry, if the water transportation service is furnished in tank vessels or barges specially constructed to hold liquids or fluids in bulk and if the service is not furnished to others not engaged in the same industry.
(2) Any corporation or person who operates any vessel for the transportation of persons for compensation, between points in this state if one terminus of every trip operated by the corporation or person is within the boundaries of a United States military reservation and is performed under a contract with an agency of the federal government which specifies the terms of service to be provided; and provided that the corporation or person does not perform any service between termini within this state which are outside of a United States military reservation. For the purposes of this subdivision, the conditions of this exemption shall be reviewed by the Public Utilities Commission annually as of the first day of January of each year.
(3) Any corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any recreational conveyance such as a ski lift, ski tow, J-bar, T-bar, chair lift, aerial tramway, or other device or equipment used primarily while participating in winter sports activities.
(4) Any corporation or person furnishing or otherwise providing transportation by horse, mule, or other equine animal for entertainment or recreational purposes.
(5) Any motor carrier of property, as defined in Section 34601 of the Vehicle Code.
(6) A household mover, as defined in Section 19225.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2018.
(Repealed (in Sec. 10) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 11. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 214.5.

214.5. With respect to a motor vehicle used in the transportation of passengers for compensation by a passenger stage corporation, “owner” means the corporation or person who is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles as the owner of the vehicle, or who has a legal right to possession of the vehicle pursuant to a lease or rental agreement.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 7. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 215.

215. “Between fixed termini or over a regular route” means the termini or route between which, or over which any passenger stage corporation usually or ordinarily operates any passenger stage, even though there may be departures from the termini or route, whether these departures are periodic or irregular.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1556, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 215.6.

215.6. “Food products for human consumption” means articles used for human food or drink and articles used as components of any of those articles.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1685, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 215.7.

215.7. “Nonfood product” means any article, material, substance, or product which is not food.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1685, Sec. 2.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 216.2.

216.2. Notwithstanding Section 216, “public utility” does not include a motor carrier of property.
(Added by renumbering Section 216.5 by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 216.4.

216.4. “Cable television corporation” shall mean any corporation or firm which transmits television programs by cable to subscribers for a fee.
(Added by renumbering Section 215.5 by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 216.6.

216.6. “Cogeneration” means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful thermal energy. The sequence can be thermal use followed by power production or the reverse, subject to the following standards:
(a) At least 5 percent of the facility’s total annual energy output shall be in the form of useful thermal energy.
(b) Where useful thermal energy follows power production, the useful annual power output plus one-half the useful annual thermal energy output equals not less than 42.5 percent of any natural gas and oil energy input.
(Added by renumbering Section 218.5 by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 216.8.

216.8. “Commercial mobile radio service” means “commercial mobile service,” as defined in subsection (d) of Section 332 of Title 47 of the United States Code and as further specified by the Federal Communications Commission in Parts 20, 22, 24, and 25 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and includes “mobile data service,” “mobile paging service,” “mobile satellite telephone service,” and “mobile telephony service,” as those terms are defined in Section 224.4.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 217.

217. “Electric plant” includes all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of electricity for light, heat, or power, and all conduits, ducts, or other devices, materials, apparatus, or property for containing, holding, or carrying conductors used or to be used for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 218.3.

218.3. (a) “Electric service provider” means an entity that offers electrical service to customers within the service territory of an electrical corporation and includes the unregulated affiliates and subsidiaries of an electrical corporation.
(b) “Electric service provider” does not include an entity that offers electrical service solely to service customer load consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 218, and does not include an electrical corporation or a public agency that offers electrical service to residential and small commercial customers within its jurisdiction, or within the service territory of a local publicly owned electric utility.
(c) “Electric service provider” does not include an independent solar energy producer, as defined in Article 3 (commencing with Section 2868) of Chapter 9 of Part 2.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 535, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 218.5.

218.5. (a) The following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Exempt wholesale generator” has the same meaning as defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 16451(6)).
(2) “Qualifying small power producer,” “small power production facility,” and “qualifying small power production facility” have the same meanings as found in Section 796 of Title 16 of the United States Code and the regulations enacted pursuant thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a qualifying small power producer owning or operating a small power production facility is not a public utility subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission solely because of the ownership or operation of the facility.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an exempt wholesale generator is not a public utility subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission solely due to the ownership or operation of the facility.
(Added by renumbering Section 228.5 by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 219.

219. “Express corporation” includes every corporation or person engaged in or transacting the business of transporting any freight, merchandise, or other property for compensation on the line of any common carrier or stage or auto stage line within this State.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 220.

220. “Freight forwarder” means any corporation or person who for compensation undertakes the collection and shipment of property of others, and as consignor or otherwise ships or arranges to ship the property via the line of any common carrier at the tariff rates of such carrier, or who receives such property as consignee thereof.
This section shall not apply to any agricultural or horticultural cooperative organization operating under and by virtue of the laws of this or any other state or the District of Columbia or under federal statute in the performance of its duties for its members, or the agents, individual or corporate, of such organization in the performance of their duties as agents.
This section shall not apply to the operation of a shipper, or a group or association of shippers, in consolidating or distributing freight for themselves or for the members thereof, on a nonprofit basis, for the purpose of securing the benefits of carload, truckload, or other volume rates, or to the operations of a shippers’ agent, in consolidating or distributing pool cars, whose services and responsibilities to shippers in connection with such operations are confined to the terminal area in which such operations are performed.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1063, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 221.

221. “Gas plant” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery, underground storage, or furnishing of gas, natural or manufactured, except propane, for light, heat, or power.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 512.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 222.

222. “Gas corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any gas plant for compensation within this state, except where gas is made or produced on and distributed by the maker or producer through private property alone solely for his own use or the use of his tenants and not for sale to others.
“Gas corporation” shall not include a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology for the production of gas for its own use or the use of its tenants or for sale to a gas corporation or state or local public agency, except that if the gas produced is of such insufficient quality or heating value that it is unacceptable for introduction into the line, plant, or system of a gas corporation or state or local public agency, the person or corporation employing landfill gas technology may without becoming a gas corporation for purposes of this part sell the gas so produced to not more than four other corporations or persons.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 214, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 222.5.

222.5. “Golden State Energy” means the nonprofit public benefit corporation that is incorporated and operating pursuant to Division 1.7 (commencing with Section 3400).
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 5. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 223.

223. “Heating plant” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery or furnishing of heat for domestic, business, industrial, or public use.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 224.

224. “Heat corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any heating plant for compensation within this state, except where heat is generated on or distributed by the producer through private property alone solely for his own use or the use of his tenants and not for sale to others.
“Heat corporation” shall not include a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology for the production or generation of heat for its own use or the use of its tenants or for sale to a heat corporation or state or local public agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 214, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 224.2.

224.2. “Landfill gas technology” means the process of extraction of gas or gaseous compounds from sanitary landfill areas which gas or compound was generated as a byproduct of the materials composing the landfill. For purposes of this division, real estate, fixtures, and personal property including gas extraction wells, engines and compressors for gas removal or storage, gas cleaning or rectifying equipment, equipment for the generation or production of steam, electricity, heat, or other form of energy through the use of landfill gas, and facilities for the transmission or distribution of landfill gas or other form of energy generated or produced therefrom shall not be considered an electrical, gas, or heat plant or pipeline.
(Added by renumbering Section 224.5 by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 224.3.

224.3. “Local publicly owned electric utility” means a municipality or municipal corporation operating as a “public utility” furnishing electric service as provided in Section 10001, a municipal utility district furnishing electric service formed pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with Section 11501), a public utility district furnishing electric services formed pursuant to the Public Utility District Act set forth in Division 7 (commencing with Section 15501), an irrigation district furnishing electric services formed pursuant to the Irrigation District Law set forth in Division 11 (commencing with Section 20500) of the Water Code, or a joint powers authority that includes one or more of these agencies and that owns generation or transmission facilities, or furnishes electric services over its own or its member’s electric distribution system.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 224.4.

224.4. (a) “Mobile data service” means the delivery of nonvoice information to a mobile device and includes nonvoice information communicated to a mobile telephony services handset, nonvoice information communicated to handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) devices and laptop computers, and mobile paging service carriers offering services on pagers and two-way messaging devices. Unless specified, “mobile data service” does not include nonvoice information communicated through a wireless local area network operating in the unlicensed radio bands, commonly known as a “Wi-Fi” network.
(b) “Mobile paging service” means the transmission of coded radio signals for the purpose of activating specific small radio receivers designed to be carried by a person and to give an aural, visual, or tactile indication when activated.
(c) “Mobile satellite telephone service” means voice communication to end users over a mobile satellite service involving the provision of commercial mobile radio service, pursuant to Parts 20 and 25 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) “Mobile telephony service” means commercially available interconnected mobile phone services that provide access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) via mobile communication devices employing radiowave technology to transmit calls, including cellular radiotelephone, broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS), and digital Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR). “Mobile telephony services” does not include mobile satellite telephone services or mobile data services used exclusively for the delivery of nonvoice information to a mobile device.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 224.6.

224.6. “Motor carrier of property” means a motor carrier of property as defined in Section 34601 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 10. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 224.8.

224.8. “Network railroad transportation” means railroad transportation that is subject to the jurisdiction of the federal Surface Transportation Board pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of Section 10501 of Title 49 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 4.5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 225.

225. “Passenger stage” includes every stage, auto stage, or other motor vehicle used in the transportation of persons, or persons and their baggage or express, or persons or baggage or express, when such baggage or express is transported incidental to the transportation of passengers.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 227.

227. “Pipe line” includes all real estate, fixtures, and personal property, owned, controlled, operated, or managed in connection with or to facilitate the transmission, storage, distribution, or delivery of crude oil or other fluid substances except water through pipe lines.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 228.

228. “Pipeline corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any pipeline for compensation within this state.
“Pipeline corporation” shall not include a corporation or person employing landfill gas technology and owning, controlling, operating, or managing any pipeline solely for the transmission or distribution of landfill gas or other form of energy generated or produced therefrom.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 214, Sec. 7.)