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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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3102.

3102. The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that directors shall be elected from the several districts. In that case, the bylaws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district, and the manner and method of reapportioning the directors and of redistricting the territory of the 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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3103.

3103. The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held to nominate directors. If the bylaws provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts, the bylaws may also provide that the results of the primary elections in the various districts shall be final and shall be ratified at the annual meeting of the 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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3104.

3104. The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors shall be elected by representatives or advisers, who themselves have been elected by the members from the districts. In that case, the bylaws shall specify the number of representatives or advisers to be elected by each district, and the manner and method of reapportioning the representatives or advisers and of redistricting the territory of the 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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3105.

3105. The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by any public official or commission or by the other directors selected by the members. These directors so appointed shall represent primarily the interest of the general public. These directors shall have the same powers and rights as the other directors. The directors so chosen shall not number more than one-fifth of the entire number of directors.
(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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3106.

3106. The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may delegate to the committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.
(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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3107.

3107. The association may provide a fair remuneration for the time which is actually spent by its officers and directors in its service and for the service of the members of its executive committee.
(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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3108.

3108. If a vacancy on the board of directors occurs except by expiration of a term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy unless the bylaws provide for an election of directors by districts. If the bylaws provide for an election of directors by districts, the vacancy shall be filled by the election of a director from the district in which the vacancy occurs or the board may call a special meeting of the members in that district to fill the vacancy.
(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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3109.

3109. The directors shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and any other officers that may be prescribed by the bylaws. Any two or more offices, except those of president and secretary, may be held by the same person.
The treasurer may be a bank or any depository and, as such, shall not be considered an officer, but a function of the board of directors. In that case, the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, except that the funds shall be deposited only, as, and where authorized by the board.
(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 6 - Directors and Management › Section 3110.

3110. Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them, in writing, with the secretary of the association, together with a petition which is signed by 5 percent of the members, which requests the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy. The director or officer against whom charges have been brought shall be informed, in writing, of the charges prior to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel and to present witnesses. The person bringing the charges against the director or officer shall have the same opportunity.
If the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, the petition for removal of a director shall be signed by 20 percent of the members that reside in the district from which the director was elected. The board of directors shall call a special meeting of the members that reside in that district to consider the removal of the director and, by a vote of the majority of the members of that district, the director in question shall be removed from office.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3121.

3121. An association may engage in any activity in connection with the selling, transporting, or storing of gas which is produced and delivered to it by its members; in any activity in connection with the purchase, hiring, or use by its members of supplies, machinery, or equipment directly related to the production, transmission, storage, or marketing of gas, or in the financing of any of these activities; or in any one or more of the activities which are specified in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 349, Sec. 1.1.)
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 7 - Powers › Section 3122.

3122. An association may borrow without limitation as to amount of corporate indebtedness or liability and may make advances to members.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3123.

3123. An association may act as the agent or representative of any member in any of the activites specified in Section 3171 or 3172.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3124.

3124. An association may purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, and exercise all rights of ownership in, sell, transfer, pledge, or guarantee the payment of dividends or interest on, or the retirement or redemption of, shares of the capital stock or bonds of any corporation or association which is engaged in the production of gas or any related activity.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3125.

3125. An association may establish reserves and invest the funds of the reserves in bonds or in any other property as may be provided in the bylaws.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3126.

3126. An association may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership of real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conduct and operation of, or incidental to, any business of the association. Without limiting the foregoing, an association may acquire a real property easement from a public utility for the purpose of accommodating the association’s gas plant, and the easement shall be deemed to be held for a public purpose by the association, provided that the commission finds that the use by the association is in the public interest.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 230, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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 7 - Powers › Section 3127.

3127. An association may levy assessments in the manner and in the amount as may be provided in its bylaws.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3128.

3128. An association may do all of the following:
(a) Do each and every thing which is necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes, or the attainment of any of the objects, specified in this chapter, or conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association, and contract accordingly.
(b) Exercise and possess all powers, rights, and privileges which are necessary or incidental to the purposes for which the association is organized or to the activities in which it is engaged.
(c) Have any other rights, powers, and privileges which are granted by the laws of this state to other corporations, except those which are inconsistent 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 7 - Powers › Section 3130.

3130. An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, and have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation, with or without capital stock, which is engaged in producing, transporting, or selling of gas.
(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 7 - Powers › Section 3131.

3131. An association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements, contracts, and arrangements with any other cooperative or other corporation or association, which is formed in this or in any other state, for the cooperative and more economical carrying on of its business or any part of its business.
Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using, or may separately employ and use, the same personnel, methods, means, and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective business.
(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 8 - Financial Provisions › Section 3151.

3151. (a) Any share or membership issued by an association is exempt from Part 2 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 1 of Title 4 of the Corporations Code if the aggregate investment of a shareholder or member in shares or memberships sold by an association does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) This exemption does not apply to the shares or memberships in an association if any promoter of those shares or memberships expects or intends to make a profit directly or indirectly from any business or activity associated with the association or from the operation of the association or to receive a salary or other remuneration from the association. Furthermore, this exemption does not apply to nonvoting shares or memberships in an association issued to any person who does not possess, and who will not acquire in connection with the issuance of nonvoting memberships, voting power in the association.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 349, Sec. 1.2.)
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 8 - Financial Provisions › Section 3152.

3152. If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance of that stock shall be governed by the terms of all general laws which cover the issuance of nonpar value stock in domestic corporations.
(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 8 - Financial Provisions › Section 3153.

3153. If an association with preferred shares of stock purchases the stock or any property, or any interest in any property, of any person, it may discharge the obligations which are so incurred, in whole or in part, by exchanging for the acquired interest, shares of its preferred stock to an amount which at par value would equal the fair market value of the stock or interest so purchased, as determined by the board of directors. In that case, the transfer to the association of the stock or interest which is purchased is equivalent to payment in cash for the shares of stock which are issued.
(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 8 - Financial Provisions › Section 3154.

3154. The board of directors of an association shall cause to be sent to the members of the association, not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year, an annual report of the operations of the association, unless that report is expressly dispensed with in the bylaws.
If required by the bylaws, interim reports of the operations of the association for the three month, six month, or nine month periods of the current fiscal year of the association shall be furnished to the members of the association.
The annual report and any interim reports shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date. The financial statement shall be prepared from, and be in accordance with, the books. It shall be prepared in a form consistent with generally accepted accounting principles or in consultation with a certified public accountant or a public accountant.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3171.

3171. Under the terms and conditions which are prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, an association may admit as members or issue common stock to only those persons engaged in the production of gas which is to be handled by or through the association, or that use or employ any service or facility offered by the association on, or in connection with, land which is used for the production of gas, including the lessees and tenants of land which is used for the production of gas and any lessors, including any lessors, sublessors, or landlords that received as royalty, overriding royalty or rent, all or part of the gas or the value thereof, which is produced on the leased premises, and landlords that receive as rent all or part of the gas which is produced on the leased premises.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 349, Sec. 2.)
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 9 - Members › Section 3172.

3172. If a member of a nonstock association is other than a natural person, that member may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, manager, or member of it who is authorized in writing to do so.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3173.

3173. Any association may become a member or stockholder of any other 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 9 - Members › Section 3174.

3174. If a member of an association which is established without shares of stock has paid the prescribed membership fee in full, the member shall receive a certificate of membership.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3175.

3175. An association shall not issue a certificate for stock to a member until it has been fully paid for. The promissory notes of the members may be accepted by the association as full or partial payment. The association shall hold the stock as security for the payment of the note, but that retention as security does not affect the member’s right to vote.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3176.

3176. An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount of common stock which any member may own.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3177.

3177. The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock or membership certificates of the associations to any person that is not qualified to be a shareholder or member, as specified in this chapter. These restrictions shall be printed upon every certificate of stock or membership which is subject to them.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3178.

3178. The association may, at any time, as specified in the bylaws, except when the debts of the association exceed 50 percent of its assets, buy in or purchase its common stock at the book value of the common stock, as conclusively determined by the board of directors, and pay for it in cash within one year thereafter.
(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 9 - Members › Section 3179.

3179. A member is not liable for the debts of the association in an amount which exceeds the sum which remains unpaid on the member’s or stockholder’s membership fee or subscription to the capital stock, including any unpaid balance on any promissory note which is given in payment of the membership fee or the subscription to the capital 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 9 - Members › Section 3180.

3180. No public utility, corporation holding a controlling interest in a public utility, or subsidiary or affiliate of a public utility may be a member of an association organized pursuant to 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 9 - Members › Section 3181.

3181. No producer of gas owning or controlling petroleum refining capacity of 100,000 or more barrels per day in California, or a producer of gas owned or controlled by a producer of gas owning or controlling petroleum refining capacity of 100,000 or more barrels per day in California, may be a member of an association organized pursuant to 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 10 - Marketing Contracts › Section 3201.

3201. The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts which require the members to sell, for any period of time not to exceed the productive life of the gas facilities or supplies, all or any specified part of any gas produced by the members exclusively to or through the association or any facilities of the association. If the members contract a sale to the association, title to the gas passes absolutely and unreservedly, except for recorded liens, to the association upon delivery or at any other specified time which is expressly and definitely agreed in the contract.
(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 10 - Marketing Contracts › Section 3202.

3202. The contract may provide that the association may sell or resell any gas which is delivered by its members, with or without taking title to the gas, and pay over to its members the resale price, after deducting all of the following:
(a) Necessary selling, overhead, and other costs and expenses, including interest on preferred stock, not exceeding 8 percent per annum, and reserves for retiring the stock, if any.
(b) Other proper reserves.
(c) Interest not exceeding 8 percent per annum upon common 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 10 - Marketing Contracts › Section 3203.

3203. Notwithstanding any provision of the Civil Code, a contract which is entered into by a member of an association which provides for the delivery to the association of any gas produced by the member may be specifically enforced by the association to secure the delivery to it of that gas.
(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 10 - Marketing Contracts › Section 3204.

3204. The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the member to the association for the breach of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of gas and may provide that the member will pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses, and fees, if any action is brought upon the contract by the association. These provisions are valid and enforceable in the courts of this state. Provisions for liquidated damages are enforceable as such and shall not be regarded as penalties.
(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 10 - Marketing Contracts › Section 3205.

3205. If there is a breach or threatened breach of a marketing contract by a member, the association may file an action for an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and for a decree of specific performance of the contract. Pending the adjudication of that action and upon filing a verified complaint which shows the breach or threatened breach, and upon filing a sufficient bond, the association shall be issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the member.
(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 10 - Marketing Contracts › Section 3206.

3206. In any action upon a marketing agreement, it is conclusively presumed that a landowner, landlord, or lessor is able to control the delivery of any gas which is produced on his or her land by the tenants or others, whose tenancy or possession on the land, or the terms of whose tenancy or possession on the land were created or changed after execution by the landowner, landlord, or lessor of the marketing agreement. In that action, the remedies for nondelivery or breach which are provided by this article are enforceable against the landowner, landlord, or lessor.
(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 11 - Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws › Section 3221.

3221. Any corporation which is organized or existing pursuant to any other law may be brought under this chapter by amending its articles of incorporation, in the manner which is prescribed by the general corporation laws, to conform to this chapter. If any corporation amends its articles of incorporation to conform to this chapter, it is deemed to be organized and existing pursuant to, entitled to the benefit of, and subject to, this chapter for all purposes and as fully as though it had been originally organized pursuant to 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 11 - Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws › Section 3222.

3222. Articles of incorporation are deemed to conform to this chapter within the meaning of Section 3291 in both of the following cases:
(a) It is provided or declared in the articles of incorporation, in substance, regardless of form, that the corporation is organized and exists as a nonprofit cooperative corporation for the purposes which are provided for in, or permitted by, this chapter, or one or more of those purposes.
(b) It clearly appears from the articles of incorporation that the corporation desires to be subject to, and to be organized, exist, and function pursuant to, 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 11 - Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws › Section 3223.

3223. If the amended articles conform, as provided in Section 3222, provisions in the articles of incorporation that appeared in the original articles or some previous amended articles are ineffective if, and to the extent that, they are inapplicable to, or inconsistent 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 11 - Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws › Section 3224.

3224. This article applies retrospectively as well as prospectively, and may be availed of by a corporation regardless of the time of incorporation, whether prior or subsequent to the adoption of this article, and shall apply to amendments to articles of incorporation whether made prior or subsequent to the adoption of this article, and all amendments made prior to the adoption of this article shall be effective and valid to the same extent as though made subsequent to the adoption of this article.
(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 2 - Gas Producer Acquisition of Easement Rights › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3250.

3250. Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 839, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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 2 - Gas Producer Acquisition of Easement Rights › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3251.

3251. “Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, but does not include an association, as defined in Section 3002.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 839, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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 2 - Gas Producer Acquisition of Easement Rights › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3252.

3252. “Natural gas” means all gas produced in this state, natural or manufactured, except propane, for light, heat, or power.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 839, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
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 2 - Gas Producer Acquisition of Easement Rights › ARTICLE 2 - Acquisition of Easement Rights › Section 3255.

3255. (a) A person involved in the production of natural gas may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership of real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conduct and operation of, or incidental to, transmission of natural gas. Without limiting the foregoing, a person involved in the production of natural gas may acquire a real property easement from a public utility for the purpose of accommodating the person’s gas plant, and the easement shall be deemed to be held for a public purpose by the person, provided that the commission finds that the use by the person is in the public interest.
(b) Within 10 days of submitting an application to the commission for an order authorizing a public utility to transfer a real property easement to a person, the public utility shall provide written notification of the application and of the commission’s pending review of the application, to each owner of real property affected by the easement. Costs of notification required by this subdivision shall be paid by the person to whom the public utility proposes to transfer a real property easement.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 839, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3260.

3260. Nothing in this division prohibits payments pursuant to an agreement authorized by the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq.), or payments permitted by the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. Secs. 173, 175a, and 186). Nothing in this division restricts any use permitted by federal law of money paid pursuant to these acts.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 599, Sec. 11. (SB 790) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3281.

3281. The administrator shall carry out the duties of this part and may do all of the following, subject to the oversight of the council:
(a) Retain, employ, or contract with officers, experts, employees, accountants, actuaries, financial professionals, and other executives, advisers, consultants, attorneys, and professionals as may be necessary in the administrator’s judgment for the efficient operation and administration of the fund.
(b) Enter into contracts and other obligations relating to the operation, management, and administration of the fund.
(c) Invest the moneys in the fund in those securities eligible under Section 16430 of the Government Code.
(d) Review and approve claims and settlements, and provide funds to the participating electrical corporations for the purposes of paying eligible claims.
(e) Buy insurance or take other actions to maximize the claims-paying resources of the fund.
(f) Pay costs, expenses, and other obligations of the fund from Wildfire Fund assets.
(g) Take any actions necessary to collect any amounts owing to the fund from participating electrical corporations.
(h) Undertake such other activities as are related to the operation, management, and administration of the fund, as approved by the council.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 39. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3282.

3282. There shall be a limited civil immunity, and no criminal liability in a private capacity, on account of any act performed or omitted or obligation entered into in an official capacity, when done or omitted in good faith and without intent to defraud, on the part of the counsel, the administrator, or on the part of any officer, employee, or agent of the fund. The State of California shall have no liability for payment of claims in excess of funds available pursuant to this part. The State of California, and any of the funds of the State of California, shall have no obligations whatsoever for payment of claims or costs arising from this part, except as specifically provided in this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 40. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3283.

3283. The council shall direct the administrator to prepare and present for approval a plan of operations related to the operations, management, and administration of the fund on an annual basis. At least annually, the council shall direct the administrator to present the plan of operations to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, reporting on the Wildfire Fund assets, projections for the durability of the fund, the success of the fund, whether or not the fund is serving its purpose, and a plan for winding up the fund if projections demonstrate that the fund will be exhausted within the next three years.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 41. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3284.

3284. (a) There is hereby created the Wildfire Fund, which is not a fund in the State Treasury.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the fund is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this part.
(c) (1) The fund shall be administered by the administrator, subject to the direction of the council, in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3291) to provide funds to participating electrical corporations to satisfy eligible claims arising from a covered wildfire in accordance with this part.
(2) At the discretion of the administrator, segregated, dedicated accounts within the fund may be established.
(d) The fund shall be continued in existence unless the administrator winds down the fund in accordance with Section 3291 or 3292, as applicable.
(e) Uninvested moneys in the fund may be deposited from time to time in financial institutions authorized by law to receive deposits of public moneys or, with the approval of the Treasurer, the Surplus Money Investment Fund as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 16470) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(f) A national bank shall be custodian of all securities belonging to the fund, except as otherwise provided in the constituent instruments that define the rights of the holders of the bonds as set forth in Division 28 (commencing with Section 80500) of the Water Code.
(g) With the approval of the council, the administrator shall establish and approve procedures for the review, approval, and timely funding of eligible claims. The procedures may be revised from time to time by the administrator with the approval of the council. The procedures may include processes to facilitate and expedite the review and approval of settled eligible claims, including guidelines for, or preapproval of, settlement levels. The procedures shall provide for the reimbursement of eligible claims within 45 days of the date the administrator approves the settlement amount for any eligible claim unless that timing is not practicable.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3285.

3285. (a) The fund shall be initially capitalized by a loan from the state’s Surplus Money Investment Fund pursuant to Section 3288.
(b) Proceeds of any bonds issued as provided in Division 28 (commencing with Section 80500) of the Water Code shall be used as provided in Section 80550 of the Water Code. Any proceeds from the bonds allocated to the fund shall be deposited into a segregated account within the fund.
(c) All of the following shall be deposited into the fund:
(1) Initial contributions from electrical corporations.
(2) Annual contributions from electrical corporations.
(3) Revenue generated from the ratepayers of a participating regional electrical corporation by a charge authorized by the commission pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3289 and remitted to the fund pursuant to Section 3291 or 3292, as applicable.
(4) Revenues generated from the ratepayers of each large electrical corporation by a charge authorized by the commission pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3289 as provided in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 80550.
(5) Proceeds of bonds allocated to the fund as provided in Section 80550 of the Water Code.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3286.

3286. The Director of Finance may, at any time, examine the books and records of the council and the administrator relating to the operation, management, and administration of the fund.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3287.

3287. (a) On January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the council, with the assistance of the administrator, shall prepare and file with the Legislature and the Department of Finance periodic reports regarding the formation, administration, and disposition of the fund, as the council deems appropriate.
(b) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 2 - The Wildfire Fund › Section 3289.

3289. (a) (1) No later than July 26, 2019, the commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider using its authority pursuant to Section 701 to require each electrical corporation, except a regional electrical corporation that chooses not to participate in any fund pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3291), to collect a nonbypassable charge from ratepayers of the electrical corporation to support the fund, including the payment of any bonds issued pursuant to Division 28 (commencing with Section 80500) of the Water Code, as follows:
(A) For a large electrical corporation, a charge in an amount sufficient to fund the revenue requirement, as established pursuant to Section 80524 of the Water Code.
(B) For a regional electrical corporation, the amount equal to one-half cent per kilowatt-hour ($0.005/kWh).
(2) If the commission determines that the imposition of the charge described in paragraph (1) is just and reasonable, and that it is appropriate to exercise its authority pursuant to Section 701 to do so, the commission shall direct each electrical corporation to impose and collect that charge commencing in the month immediately following the month in which the final imposition of the revenue requirement with respect to bonds previously issued pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water Code is made. The charge shall be collected in the same manner as that for the payments made to reimburse the Department of Water Resources pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, no later than 90 days after the initiation of the rulemaking proceeding, the commission shall adopt a decision regarding the imposition of the charge.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 455.5 or 1708, or any other law, the commission shall not revise, amend, or otherwise modify a decision to impose a charge made pursuant to this section at any time before January 1, 2036.
(d) If the administrator authorizes Golden State Energy to participate in the fund pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 3292, Golden State Energy’s ratepayers shall be subject to the nonbypassable charge previously imposed by the commission pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 10. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of the Fund › Section 3293.

3293. A participating electrical corporation shall maintain reasonable insurance coverage. The administrator shall periodically review and make a recommendation as to the appropriate amount of insurance coverage required, taking into account the availability of insurance, the electrical corporation’s service territory, including the fire risk of the territory, the size of the territory, and the value of the real estate in the territory, the safety record of the electrical corporation, the wildfire mitigation measures implemented by the electrical corporation, the impact to the ratepayers, and other factors deemed appropriate by the administrator.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 6 - Wildfire Fund › CHAPTER 3 - Operation of the Fund › Section 3294.

3294. Costs and expenses of administration of the fund shall be paid from Wildfire Fund assets.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 16. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)