California

Public Utilities Code - PUC

7,564 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 21412 — Any certificate, permit, or license required by the United States for an aircraft shall be carried in the aircraft at all times while the aircraft is operating in the state, shall be conspicuously pos
• § 21413 — The department shall report to the appropriate federal agency all accidents in aeronautics in this state of which it is informed, and shall, insofar as is practicable, preserve, protect, and prevent t
• § 21415 — No person shall be in, or perform any act in connection with the maintenance or operation of, any aircraft when under the influence of intoxicating liquor.
• § 21416 — On all commercial aircraft which transport passengers for compensation or hire the door which separates the pilot compartment from the passenger compartment shall be kept locked at all times the aircr
• § 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
• § 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.
• § 215.7 — “Nonfood product” means any article, material, substance, or product which is not food.
• § 216 — (a) (1) “Public utility” includes every common carrier, toll bridge corporation, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corp
• § 216.2 — Notwithstanding Section 216, “public utility” does not include a motor carrier of property.
• § 216.4 — “Cable television corporation” shall mean any corporation or firm which transmits television programs by cable to subscribers for a fee.
• § 216.6 — “Cogeneration” means the sequential use of energy for the production of electrical and useful thermal energy.
• § 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 Communica
• § 21601 — The department may make available its engineering and other technical services, with or without charge, to any political subdivision or person desiring them in connection with the planning, acquisitio
• § 21602 — (a) Subject to the terms and within the limits of special appropriations made by the Legislature, the department may render financial assistance by grant or loan, or both, to political subdivisions jo
• § 21603 — Upon the request of any political subdivision or political subdivisions acting jointly, the department may act as agent in accepting, receiving, receipting for, and disbursing federal money, and other
• § 21605 — No proprietor of any permitted airport which is open to the public and has received public funds shall close or suspend operation of the airport, or close an existing runway or taxiway except on a tem
• § 21631 — From appropriations or other money made available for the purpose, the department, on behalf of and in the name of the state, may plan, establish, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate
• § 21632 — (a) The department may also acquire existing airports and air navigation facilities, but it shall not acquire any airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by a political subdivision of t
• § 21633 — For the purposes of this article, the department, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, may acquire real or personal property, or any interest therein, including any property d
• § 21636 — The department may dispose of any property, airport, air navigation facility, or portion or interest, acquired pursuant to this article, by sale, lease, or otherwise.
• § 21637 — In operating an airport or air navigation facility owned or controlled by the state, the department may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements for a term not exceeding 20 years with any
• § 21638 — The department shall call for bids for the operation of any state-owned airport and shall lease the airport for a term not to exceed five years to the highest qualified bidder or bidders.
• § 21639 — The department shall grant no exclusive right for the use of any airport or air navigation facility under its jurisdiction.
• § 21640 — To enforce the payment of any charges for repairs, improvements, storage, or care of any personal property by the department or its agents in connection with the operation of an airport or air navigat
• § 21646 — It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to release or fly or cause to be released or flown, within five miles of any airport, any moored balloon, kite, unmanned rocket, or unmanned free balloon which
• § 21650 — “Airport” for the purposes of this article means an airport not open to the general public.
• § 21650.1 — An airport shall be marked as required by rule of the department with letters or symbol selected by the department to designate that the airport is not open to the general public.
• § 21650.2 — Nothing shall prevent an airport from applying for and receiving a permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 21661) of this chapter.
• § 21652 — (a) Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for airport purposes may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise: (1) Any property necessary to permit th
• § 21653 — Any person authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain for airport purposes may provide, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, for the removal or relocation of any airpo
• § 21655 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the proposed site of any state building or other enclosure is within two miles, measured by air line, of that point on an airport runway, or runway propo
• § 21656 — No person shall erect or add to the height of any structure within the boundaries of this state which will result in a structure that extends more than 500 feet above the ground on which such structur
• § 21657 — The department may refuse issuance of a permit under Section 21656 if it determines that the erection of or addition to a structure would obstruct the airspace overlying the state so as to create an u
• § 21658 — No public utility shall construct any pole, pole line, distribution or transmission tower, or tower line, or substation structure in the vicinity of the exterior boundary of an aircraft landing area o
• § 21659 — (a) No person shall construct or alter any structure or permit any natural growth to grow at a height which exceeds the obstruction standards set forth in the regulations of the Federal Aviation Admin
• § 21661 — This article does not apply to any temporary seaplane landing site, ultralight vehicle flightpark, or to airports owned or operated by the United States.
• § 21661.5 — (a) No political subdivision, any of its officers or employees, or any person may submit any application for the construction of a new airport to any local, regional, state, or federal agency unless t
• § 21661.6 — (a) Prior to the acquisition of land or any interest therein, including tide and submerged lands or other lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, or fisheries, by any political sub
• § 21662 — The department shall have the authority to issue airport site approval permits, amended airport site approval permits, airport permits, and amended airport permits.
• § 21662.1 — (a) At or as near as practical to the site of a medical emergency and at a medical facility, an officer authorized by a public safety agency may designate an area for the landing and taking off of an
• § 21662.4 — (a) Emergency aircraft flights for medical purposes by law enforcement, firefighting, military, or other persons who provide emergency flights for medical purposes are exempt from local ordinances ado
• § 21662.5 — Notwithstanding Section 21006 or Section 21661 or any other provision of law to the contrary, no helicopter may land or depart in any area within 1,000 feet, measured by air line, of the boundary of a
• § 21663 — It is unlawful for any political subdivision, any of its officers or employees, or any person to operate an airport unless an appropriate airport permit required by rule of the department has been iss
• § 21664 — Any political subdivision or person planning to construct, establish, or expand an airport shall apply for the appropriate permit from the department prior to the construction, establishment or expans
• § 21664.5 — (a) An amended airport permit shall be required for every expansion of an existing airport.
• § 21666 — The department shall issue a permit if it is satisfied that all of the following requirements have been met: (a) The site meets or exceeds the minimum airport standards specified by the department in
• § 21668 — The department may revoke any airport permit if it determines that any of the following conditions are present: (a) There has been an abandonment of a site or an airport.
• § 21668.2 — In lieu of revoking an airport permit pursuant to Section 21668, the department may suspend any airport permit, or may require suspension of operations of a portion of an airport, and such suspension
• § 21669 — The department shall adopt noise standards governing the operation of aircraft and aircraft engines for airports operating under a valid permit issued by the department to an extent not prohibited by
• § 21669.1 — (a) Land use conversion involving existing residential communities shall generally be considered the least desirable action for achieving compliance with noise standards regulations adopted by the Dep
• § 21669.2 — In its deliberations, the department shall be governed by the following guidelines: (a) Statewide uniformity in standards of acceptable airport noise need not be required, and the maximum amount of lo
• § 21669.3 — Any regulations designed to establish a noise monitoring program at an airport entering service after November 30, 1971, shall go into effect on the date the airport enters service.
• § 21669.4 — (a) The violation of the noise standards by any aircraft shall be deemed a misdemeanor and the operator thereof shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each infraction.
• § 21669.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) (A) “Avigation easement” means a less-than-fee-title transfer of real property rights from the property owner tha
• § 21669.6 — Hearings under this article required by the provisions of Sections 21666, 21668, 21668.
• § 21670 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (1) It is in the public interest to provide for the orderly development of each public use airport in this state and the area surrounding these airp
• § 21670.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the board of supervisors and the city selection committee of mayors in the county each makes a determination by a majority vote that proper
• § 21670.2 — (a) Sections 21670 and 21670.
• § 21670.3 — (a) Sections 21670 and 21670.
• § 21670.4 — (a) As used in this section, “intercounty airport” means any airport bisected by a county line through its runways, runway protection zones, inner safety zones, inner turning zones, outer safety zones
• § 21670.6 — Any action brought in the superior court relating to this article may be subject to a mediation proceeding conducted pursuant to Chapter 9.
• § 21671 — In any county where there is an airport operated for the general public which is owned by a city or district in another county or by another county, one of the representatives provided by paragraph (1
• § 21671.5 — (a) Except for the terms of office of the members of the first commission, the term of office of each member shall be four years and until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor.
• § 21672 — Each commission shall adopt rules and regulations with respect to the temporary disqualification of its members from participating in the review or adoption of a proposal because of conflict of intere
• § 21673 — In any county not having a commission or a body designated to carry out the responsibilities of a commission, any owner of a public airport may initiate proceedings for the creation of a commission by
• § 21674 — The commission has the following powers and duties, subject to the limitations upon its jurisdiction set forth in Section 21676: (a) To assist local agencies in ensuring compatible land uses in the vi
• § 21674.5 — (a) The Department of Transportation shall develop and implement a program or programs to assist in the training and development of the staff of airport land use commissions, after consulting with air
• § 21674.7 — (a) An airport land use commission that formulates, adopts, or amends an airport land use compatibility plan shall be guided by information prepared and updated pursuant to Section 21674.
• § 21675 — (a) Each commission shall formulate an airport land use compatibility plan that will provide for the orderly growth of each public airport and the area surrounding the airport within the jurisdiction
• § 21675.1 — (a) By June 30, 1991, each commission shall adopt the airport land use compatibility plan required pursuant to Section 21675, except that any county that has undertaken by contract or otherwise comple
• § 21675.2 — (a) If a commission fails to act to approve or disapprove any actions, regulations, or permits within 60 days of receiving the request pursuant to Section 21675.
• § 21676 — (a) Each local agency whose general plan includes areas covered by an airport land use compatibility plan shall, by July 1, 1983, submit a copy of its plan or specific plans to the airport land use co
• § 21676.5 — (a) If the commission finds that a local agency has not revised its general plan or specific plan or overruled the commission by a two-thirds vote of its governing body after making specific findings
• § 21677 — Notwithstanding the two-thirds vote required by Section 21676, any public agency in the County of Marin may overrule the Marin County Airport Land Use Commission by a majority vote of its governing bo
• § 21678 — With respect to a publicly owned airport that a public agency does not operate, if the public agency pursuant to Section 21676, 21676.
• § 21679 — (a) In any county in which there is no airport land use commission or other body designated to assume the responsibilities of an airport land use commission, or in which the commission or other design
• § 21679.5 — (a) Until June 30, 1991, no action pursuant to Section 21679 to postpone the effective date of a zoning change, a zoning variance, the issuance of a permit, or the adoption of a regulation by a local
• § 21680 — (a) The Aeronautics Fund is hereby continued in existence as the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund.
• § 21681 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Own and operate” means that the public entity shall own the property in fee simple or by a long-term lease of a minimum o
• § 21682 — (a) The department shall establish individual revolving fund subaccounts for eligible airports in the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund.
• § 21682.5 — The department shall pay, from the Aeronautics Account to the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund, a sum equal to the pro rata share of the comprehensive t
• § 21683 — Any public entity may apply to the department each year for the allocation of funds for the acquisition or development of airports.
• § 21683.1 — (a) At the discretion of the commission, any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the payments made under Section 21682, may be used to provide a portion of the local match for federal
• § 21683.2 — Any balance remaining in the Aeronautics Account, after the payments made under Section 21682 and Section 21683.
• § 21684 — (a) No payment shall be made to a public entity pursuant to this article unless the public entity has established a special aviation fund in which all payments received by a public entity under this a
• § 21684.1 — Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21683, any balance remaining in the fund after the payments made under Section 21682 may be used by the department to purchase emergency search and rescue equ
• § 21684.5 — Notwithstanding the provisions of this article inasmuch as they require matching funds the department may allocate funds to public agencies for the construction of airports.
• § 21684.6 — Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, inasmuch as they require matching funds, the department may allocate funds to a county or a city for the construction of recreational airports or reliev
• § 21685 — Any public entity may pay any part of the money in its special aviation fund to a state college or branch of the University of California located within its boundaries to be expended for the same purp
• § 21686 — It shall be the duty of any public entity receiving payments or allocations under this article to periodically audit its books and records as deemed necessary by the department for the purpose of dete
• § 21687 — (a) (1) If an airport, for which payments have been made from the Aeronautics Account, ceases to be open to the general public for more than one year, the public entity to which those payments were ma
• § 21688 — (a) No payments shall be made from the Aeronautics Account for expenditure on any airport or for the acquisition or development of any airport, if the department determines that the height restriction
• § 21690.10 — Nothing in this article shall excuse any local agency from complying with applicable state or local requirements for competitive bidding or public hearings which may be required prior to the awarding
• § 21690.20 — The Legislature hereby finds that Los Angeles International Airport is one of the important air terminals of the world, making a significant contribution daily to the economy of California.
• § 21690.21 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “Airport” means Los Angeles International Airport.
• § 21690.22 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department is authorized to: (a) Assist homeowners displaced by the expansion of the airport to relocate in comparable residential areas and housing.
• § 21690.23 — The department is authorized to expend any available funds, including state and federal funds, for the purpose of purchasing homes from homeowners displaced by the expansion of the airport and relocat
• § 21690.24 — Upon establishment of a program for additional payments to homeowners by the department pursuant to this article, the affected property owners may petition as provided in Section 21690.
• § 21690.25 — Upon establishment by the department of a program for such additional compensation, the mayor shall appoint, subject to the approval of the city council, five persons who shall constitute the board.
• § 21690.26 — The members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and any action taken by a majority thereof shall constitute the action of the board.
• § 21690.27 — The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles is directed to pay any sum awarded by the board pursuant to Section 21690.
• § 21690.28 — The provisions of this article are available only to persons who own residential property which has been or is being condemned or sold for airport purposes.
• § 21690.29 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can b
• § 21690.5 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The proper operation of California’s publicly owned or operated airports is essential to the welfare of the state and its people.
• § 21690.6 — The provisions of this article shall apply to any airport owned or operated by a political subdivision, including a charter city.
• § 21690.7 — The governing bodies of publicly owned or operated airports shall manage airport facilities and grant airport concessions in furtherance of the development of commerce and tourism in or affecting the
• § 21690.8 — The Legislature recognizes that to further the policies and fulfill the objectives stated in this article, it is often necessary that publicly owned or operated airports enter into exclusive or limite
• § 21690.9 — Before entering any exclusive or limited agreement in connection with the management of any airport facility or the operation of any airport concession, the governing body of a publicly owned or opera
• § 21692 — The department, any member, the director, or any officer or employee of the department designated by it may hold investigations, inquiries, and hearings concerning matters covered by this part and the
• § 21693 — In order to facilitate the making of investigations by the department in the interest of public safety and promotion of aeronautics, the reports of investigations or hearings or any part of the report
• § 21694 — Every order of the department requiring performance of certain acts or compliance with certain requirements shall set forth the reasons, state the acts to be done or requirements to be met, and be ser
• § 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
• § 21701 — The division, in consultation with transportation planning agencies as designated by the director pursuant to Section 29532 of the Government Code, shall prepare a California Aviation System Plan, whi
• § 21702 — The California Aviation System Plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following elements: (a) A background and introduction element, which summarizes aviation activity in California and
• § 21703 — The division shall submit the California Aviation System Plan to the commission.
• § 21704 — The division, in consultation with the transportation planning agencies, shall biennially revise the capital improvement plan developed pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 21702, and the division s
• § 21705 — The commission shall review, hold public hearings on, and, based on these hearings, adopt or revise and adopt as revised, the California Aviation System Plan and its subsequent revisions.
• § 21706 — The division shall require that every project submitted for funding from the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund shall be consistent with the California Aviation System Plan.
• § 21707 — Any funds necessary to carry out Sections 21701, 21702, and 21704 shall be obtained from federal grants, except for updates of the capital improvement plan and policy elements of the California Aviati
• § 21708 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “Tyler’s Law.
• § 21709 — (a) To the extent allowed by federal law, the owners and operators of a skydiving or sport parachuting operation shall have a duty to ensure that the parachutist in command of a tandem jump and the pa
• § 21710 — For purposes of this chapter, “aviation retail establishment” means any public or private entity that sells aviation gasoline, or offers or otherwise makes available aviation gasoline, to a customer,
• § 21711 — An airport operator or aviation retail establishment shall not sell, distribute, or otherwise make available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers on or after January 1, 2031, in compliance with Secti
• § 21712 — If a provision of this chapter conflicts with a federal grant assurance in effect on or before December 31, 2030, that provision shall not apply to an airport operator subject to that grant assurance
• § 218 — (a) “Electrical corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any electric plant for compensation within this state, except where electricity is generat
• § 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 subsid
• § 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.
• § 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
• § 22 — No corporation formed or existing before 12 o'clock m.
• § 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 prope
• § 22001 — This part may be cited as the “California Airport District Act.
• § 22002 — The purpose of this part is to facilitate the formation of intercity and county airport districts having responsibility for the development of airports, spaceports, and air navigation facilities, the
• § 22003 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 22004 — Airport districts may be created, maintained, and managed as provided in this part and may exercise the powers expressly granted or necessarily implied.
• § 22005 — A district may lie within or include the territories of one or more counties.
• § 22006 — The boundaries of a district may be altered and outlying contiguous territory in the same or an adjoining county annexed to the district.
• § 22007 — Except as otherwise provided in this part, the law governing the qualifications of electors, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, the canvassing of returns, declaration of results, a
• § 22008 — “District” means airport district, formed and proposed to be formed, pursuant to this part.
• § 22009 — “Principal county” means the county in which all of the territory of the district is situated, or if the territory is situated in more than one county, the county in which the greatest portion of the
• § 22010 — “Affected county” means any county in which the territory of the district is situated.
• § 22011 — “Board” means the board of directors of the district.
• § 22012 — “Director” means member of the board.
• § 22013 — “Secretary” means secretary of the board.
• § 22014 — “Bond election” means an election provided for in Article 2 (commencing with Section 22731) of Chapter 5.
• § 22015 — “Formation election” means an election provided for in Article 4 (commencing with Section 22226) of Chapter 2.
• § 22016 — “Bond tax” means the tax levied pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 22901) for the payment of the bonded indebtedness of the district.
• § 22017 — “District tax” means the tax levied pursuant to Chapter 6 for the payment of expenses of, and claims against the district, other than the bonded indebtedness.
• § 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, u
• § 22151 — The board of supervisors of each county desiring to form, or join in forming, a district shall adopt a resolution of intention to that effect.
• § 22152 — Each resolution shall contain: (a) A statement of intention to form a district.
• § 22153 — Each resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the county concerned.
• § 22176 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the District Investigation Law of 1933 applies to districts formed under this part.
• § 22177 — Section 22178 of this code supersedes Section 58680 of the Government Code, with respect to districts formed under this part.
• § 22178 — The requirements of the District Investigation Law for the mailing of the notice of hearing, and for the inclusion in the report of value and liability statements provided for in Article 3 of that law
• § 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 distrib
• § 222.5 — “Golden State Energy” means the nonprofit public benefit corporation that is incorporated and operating pursuant to Division 1.
• § 22201 — Written protests or objections to the formation of the district or to its extent within the county may be filed in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of any affected county at any tim
• § 22202 — The board of supervisors of each affected county shall hold a public hearing to consider the objections or protests at the time fixed for the hearing.
• § 22203 — Each board of supervisors may overrule any protests or objections filed with it.
• § 22204 — The board of supervisors of each affected county may exclude any territory within the county that in its opinion will not be benefited by inclusion in the district.
• § 22226 — If after the hearing the board of supervisors of each affected county determines that the district should be formed, each board, by resolution entered on its minutes, shall: (a) Define and describe th
• § 22227 — The resolution shall be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code in each county and city in the district.
• § 22228 — The proposition submitted at the election shall be “Shall the proposition to form ____________________ Airport District under the California Airport D
• § 22229 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the election shall be called, noticed, and conducted, candidates nominated, the vote canvassed, and the results declared in the manner prescribed by law f
• § 22229.1 — Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election ca
• § 22229.2 — The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposit
• § 22229.3 — If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select on
• § 22229.4 — The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on
• § 22230 — At the first election the board of supervisors of each affected county and its clerk have the powers and duties vested in the legislative bodies of cities and their clerks by the general laws describe
• § 22231 — The canvass of the returns of the election shall be made at the time, in the manner, and by the officers prescribed by law for special elections in each affected county.
• § 22232 — If the canvass is made by an officer other than the board of supervisors of the affected county, the officer shall transmit the results to the board of supervisors.
• § 22256 — By a resolution entered on its minutes, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall declare the district formed if: (a) A majority of the votes cast at the election is for the formation of
• § 22257 — The resolution shall contain the name of the district and a description or other designation of its boundaries.
• § 22258 — A certified copy of the resolution shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of each affected county.
• § 22259 — Upon the filing with the Secretary of State, the formation of the district is complete.
• § 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
• § 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 distribut
• § 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 lan
• § 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 dist
• § 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 comm
• § 224.6 — “Motor carrier of property” means a motor carrier of property as defined in Section 34601 of the Vehicle Code.
• § 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 Ti
• § 22401 — A board of five directors is the governing body of the district.
• § 22402 — Each district shall hold a general district election, governed by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law, for the election of directors on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in Nove
• § 22403 — Within 30 days after notice of election or appointment each member of the board shall qualify by taking the official oath of office and filing it with the clerk of the principal county.
• § 22404 — The terms of office of the directors elected at the formation election are governed by the provisions of the Uniform District Election Law.
• § 22406 — The board shall fill any vacancies occurring in the office of director.
• § 22407 — (a) Each member of the board of directors shall receive compensation in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each attendance at the meeting of the board held within the district, whi
• § 22408 — The board shall hold its first meeting in the meeting room of the board of supervisors of the principal county at 10 a.
• § 22409 — At its first meeting the board shall provide for the time and place of holding its meetings and the manner in which special meetings may be called.
• § 22410 — A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 22411 — A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
• § 22436 — At its first meeting the board shall choose one of its members president.
• § 22437 — At its first meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, by a majority vote the board shall appoint a general manager, a secretary, a district counsel, and an auditor.
• § 22438 — The secretary shall countersign all contracts on behalf of the district and perform such other duties as may be imposed by the board.
• § 22439 — The general manager has the following powers and functions: (a) Full charge and control of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the physical properties of the district.
• § 22440 — The general manager shall report to the board in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board.
• § 22441 — The auditor shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting which shall competently and at all times show the financial condition of the district.
• § 22442 — The board shall designate depositories for the custody of the funds of the district.
• § 22443 — The general manager, secretary, auditor, and all other employees or assistants of the district who may be required to do so by the board, shall give bonds to the district conditioned for the faithful