California

Public Utilities Code - PUC

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

• § 363 — (a) In order to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of public utility electric generating facilities, the commission shall require in any proceeding under Section 851 involving the sale,
• § 364 — (a) The commission shall adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement standards, and shall, in a new proceeding, or new phase of an existing proceeding, to commence on or before July 1, 2015
• § 365 — The actions of the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be consistent with the findings and declarations contained in Section 330.
• § 365.1 — (a) Except as expressly authorized by this section, and subject to the limitations in subdivisions (b) and (c), the right of retail end-use customers pursuant to this chapter to acquire service from o
• § 365.2 — The commission shall ensure that bundled retail customers of an electrical corporation do not experience any cost increases as a result of retail customers of an electrical corporation electing to rec
• § 365.3 — (a) The commission shall post, in a consolidated location on its internet website, each load-serving entity’s residential electric rate tariffs and programs to enable customers and local governments t
• § 365.5 — Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the commission from exercising its authority to investigate a process for certification and regulation of the rates, charges, terms, and conditions of default ser
• § 366 — (a) The commission shall take actions as needed to facilitate direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end-use customers.
• § 366.1 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources with respect to its power program described in Chapter 2 (commenc
• § 366.2 — (a) (1) Customers shall be entitled to aggregate their electrical loads as members of their local community with community choice aggregators.
• § 366.3 — Bundled retail customers of an electrical corporation shall not experience any cost increase as a result of the implementation of a community choice aggregator program.
• § 366.5 — (a) No change in the aggregator or supplier of electric power for any small commercial customer may be made until one of the following means of confirming the change has been completed: (1) Independen
• § 367 — The commission shall identify and determine those costs and categories of costs for generation-related assets and obligations, consisting of generation facilities, generation-related regulatory assets
• § 367.7 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to ensure that individual customers do not experience rate increases as a result of the allocation of transition costs, in accordance w
• § 368 — Each electrical corporation shall propose a cost recovery plan to the commission for the recovery of the uneconomic costs of an electrical corporation’s generation-related assets and obligations ident
• § 368.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the termination of the 10-percent rate reduction for residential and small commercial customers set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 368, the co
• § 369 — The commission shall establish an effective mechanism that ensures recovery of transition costs referred to in Sections 367, 368, 375, and 376, and subject to the conditions in Sections 371 to 374, in
• § 369.5 — (a) On or before December 31, 2026, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop a framework for assessing, tracking, and analyzing total annual energy costs paid by resid
• § 370 — The commission shall require, as a prerequisite for any consumer in California to engage in direct transactions permitted in Section 365, that beginning with the commencement of these direct transacti
• § 371 — (a) Except as provided in Sections 372 and 374, the uneconomic costs provided in Sections 367, 368, 375, and 376 shall be applied to each customer based on the amount of electricity purchased by the c
• § 372 — (a) It is the policy of the state to encourage and support the development of cogeneration as an efficient, environmentally beneficial, competitive energy resource that will enhance the reliability of
• § 373 — (a) Electrical corporations may apply to the commission for an order determining that the costs identified in Sections 367, 368, 375, and 376 not be collected from a particular class of customer or ca
• § 374 — (a) In recognition of statutory authority and past investments existing as of December 20, 1995, and subject to the firewall specified in subdivision (e) of Section 367, the obligation to pay the unec
• § 374.5 — Any electrical corporation serving agricultural customers that have multiple electric meters shall conduct research based on a statistically valid sample of those customers and meters to determine the
• § 375 — (a) In order to mitigate potential negative impacts on utility personnel directly affected by electric industry restructuring, as described in Decision 95-12-063, as modified by Decision 96-01-009, th
• § 376 — To the extent that the costs of programs to accommodate implementation of direct access, the Power Exchange, and the Independent System Operator, that have been funded by an electrical corporation and
• § 377 — The commission shall continue to regulate the facilities for the generation of electricity owned by any public utility prior to January 1, 1997, that are subject to commission regulation until the own
• § 377.1 — Section 377 does not apply to the four run-of-river hydroelectric project works located on the Truckee River, as referenced in Section 210(b)(17) of Public Law 101-618 or to the two run-of-river hydro
• § 377.2 — Notwithstanding Section 377, a facility for the generation of electricity, or an interest in a facility for the generation of electricity, that is located outside of this state, is owned by a public u
• § 378 — The commission shall authorize new optional rate schedules and tariffs, including new service offerings, that accurately reflect the loads, locations, conditions of service, cost of service, and marke
• § 379 — Nuclear decommissioning costs shall not be part of the costs described in Sections 367, 368, 375, and 376, but shall be recovered as a nonbypassable charge until the time as the costs are fully recove
• § 379.10 — (a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to Section 379.
• § 379.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or before March 7, 2001, the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, shall take all of the following actions, and shall include
• § 379.6 — (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the self-generation incentive program increase deployment of distributed generation and energy storage systems to facilitate the integration of those r
• § 379.8 — (a) As used in this section, “advanced electrical distributed generation technology” means any electrical distributed generation technology that generates useful electricity and meets all of the follo
• § 379.9 — (a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to Section 379.
• § 380 — (a) The commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator, shall establish resource adequacy requirements for all load-serving entities.
• § 380.5 — (a) In establishing a demand response program, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Establish rules consistent with state and federal law for how and when back-up generation may be used w
• § 381 — (a) To ensure that the funding for the programs described in subdivision (b) and Section 382 are not commingled with other revenues, the commission shall require each electrical corporation to identif
• § 381.1 — (a) No later than July 15, 2003, the commission shall establish policies and procedures by which any party, including, but not limited to, a local entity that establishes a community choice aggregatio
• § 381.2 — (a) (1) The commission shall investigate the ability of electrical corporations and gas corporations to provide various energy efficiency financing options to their customers for the purposes of imple
• § 381.4 — The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to revise a ratepayer-funded energy efficiency program identified pursuant to Section 913.
• § 381.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature to protect and strengthen the current network of community service providers by doing the following: (a) Directing that any evaluation of the effectiveness of the l
• § 382 — (a) Programs provided to low-income electricity customers, including, but not limited to, targeted energy-efficiency services and the California Alternate Rates for Energy program shall be funded at n
• § 382.1 — (a) There is hereby established a Low-Income Oversight Board that shall advise the commission on low-income electric, gas, and water customer issues and shall serve as a liaison for the commission to
• § 384 — (a) Funds transferred to the Energy Commission pursuant to this article for purposes of public interest research, development, and demonstration shall be transferred to the Public Interest Research, D
• § 384.5 — (a) On or before March 1, 2014, the commission shall order electrical corporations to submit, on or before July 1, 2015, a tariff to be used, at the discretion of local governments, to fund energy eff
• § 385 — (a) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall establish a nonbypassable, usage based charge on local distribution service of not less than the lowest expenditure level of the three largest elec
• § 386 — (a) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall ensure the following: (1) Low-income families within the utility’s service territory have access to affordable electricity.
• § 387 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Carbon-free electrical resource” means a source of electrical generation that emits no greenhouse gases when gen
• § 388 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state agency may enter into an energy savings contract with a qualified energy service company for the purchase or exchange of thermal or electrical e
• § 390 — (a) Subject to applicable contractual terms, energy prices paid to nonutility power generators by a public utility electrical corporation based upon the commission’s prescribed “short run avoided cost
• § 390.1 — Any nonutility power generator using renewable fuels that has entered into a contract with an electrical corporation prior to December 31, 2001, specifying fixed energy prices for five years of output
• § 3901 — This chapter may be cited as the Interstate and Foreign Motor Carriers of Household Goods and Passengers Act.
• § 3902 — (a) No household goods carrier, as defined in Section 5109, shall engage in any interstate or foreign transportation of property for compensation by motor vehicle, and no motor carrier shall engage in
• § 3903 — Household goods carriers, as defined in Section 5109, engaged in interstate or foreign transportation or property for compensation by motor vehicle, and motor carriers engaged in interstate or foreign
• § 391 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Electricity is essential to the health, safety, and economic well-being of all California consumers.
• § 392 — (a) (1) Electrical corporations shall disclose each component of the electrical bill as follows: (A) The total charges associated with transmission and distribution, including that portion comprising
• § 392.1 — (a) The commission shall compile and regularly update the names and contact numbers of registered providers.
• § 394 — (a) As used in this section, “electric service provider” means an entity that offers electrical service to customers within the service territory of an electrical corporation, but does not include an
• § 394.1 — (a) The registration shall be deemed approved and a registration number issued no later than 45 days after the required information has been submitted, unless the commission’s executive director finds
• § 394.2 — (a) The commission shall accept, compile, and attempt to informally resolve consumer complaints regarding electric service providers.
• § 394.25 — (a) The commission may enforce the provisions of Sections 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2107, 2108, and 2114 against electric service providers as if those electric service providers were public utilities a
• § 394.27 — When a customer files a claim with an electrical corporation for damages to property resulting from the curtailment of electric service due to the failure of the electrical corporation to reasonably p
• § 394.3 — To carry out essential elements of a sustainable and effective consumer protection program in connection with electric service providers offering electrical service to residential and small commercial
• § 394.4 — Rules that implement the following minimum standards shall be adopted by the commission for electric service providers offering electrical services to residential and small commercial customers and th
• § 394.5 — (a) Except for an electrical corporation as defined in Section 218, or a local publicly owned electric utility offering electrical service to residential and small commercial customers within its serv
• § 394.6 — For purposes of this article, service territory of a local publicly owned electric utility means within the boundaries of its service territory as it existed on December 20, 1995, or within the bounda
• § 394.7 — (a) The commission shall maintain a list of residential and small commercial customers who do not wish to be solicited by telephone, by an electric corporation, marketer, broker, or aggregator for ele
• § 394.8 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, requirements placed on an electric service provider shall not apply to electrical services provided by a local publicly owned electric utility to c
• § 394.9 — Unclaimed refunds ordered by the commission, and any accrued interest, may be used by the commission to fund additional consumer protection efforts.
• § 395 — (a) In addition to any other right to revoke an offer, residential and small commercial customers of electrical service, as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 331, have the right to cancel a contra
• § 3950 — It is a violation of law for any person or corporation to operate, or cause to be operated, on the highways of this state, any motor vehicle in the transportation of property or passengers for compens
• § 396 — (a) A consumer damaged by a violation of this article by an electric service provider is entitled to recover all of the following: (1) Actual damages.
• § 396.5 — The governing body of a community choice aggregator shall adopt a policy that expressly prohibits the dissemination by the community choice aggregator of any statement relating to the community choice
• § 397 — (a) (1) The commission shall, in an existing or a new proceeding, develop methodologies for allocating electrical system integration resource procurement needs to each load-serving entity, as defined
• § 398.1 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need for reliable, accurate, timely, and consistent information regarding fuel sources for electric generation offered for retail sale in Califor
• § 398.2 — The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this article.
• § 398.3 — (a) Beginning January 1, 1998, or as soon as practicable thereafter, each generator that provides meter data to a system operator shall report to the system operator electricity generated in kilowatth
• § 398.4 — (a) Every retail supplier that makes an offering to sell electricity that is consumed in California shall disclose its electricity sources and the associated greenhouse gases emissions intensity for t
• § 398.5 — (a) Retail suppliers shall annually report to the Energy Commission, for each electricity offering for the previous calendar year, each of the following: (1) The kilowatthours purchased, by generator
• § 398.6 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Avoided greenhouse gas emissions” means greenhouse gas emissions associated with hourly purchases of electricity from specified
• § 399 — (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Reliable Electric Service Investments Act.
• § 399.11 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) In order to attain a target of generating 20 percent of total retail sales of electricity in California from eligible renewable energy reso
• § 399.12 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Conduit hydroelectric facility” means a facility for the generation of electricity that uses only the hydroelectric
• § 399.12.5 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 399.
• § 399.12.6 — (a) (1) Any procurement of biomethane delivered through a common carrier pipeline under a contract executed by a retail seller or local publicly owned electric utility and reported to the Energy Commi
• § 399.13 — (a) (1) The commission shall direct each electrical corporation to annually prepare a renewable energy procurement plan that includes the elements specified in paragraph (6), to satisfy its obligation
• § 399.14 — (a) (1) An electrical corporation, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1001), and in order to meet its unmet renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements, may apply to the commiss
• § 399.15 — (a) In order to fulfill unmet long-term resource needs, the commission shall establish a renewables portfolio standard requiring all retail sellers to procure a minimum quantity of electricity product
• § 399.16 — (a) Various electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources located within the WECC transmission network service area shall be eligible to comply with the renewables portfolio standard p
• § 399.16.5 — The commission and the Energy Commission shall coordinate to revise any relevant rules, regulations, or guidance to ensure that the transition to a regional energy market governed by the Independent S
• § 399.17 — (a) (1) Subject to this section, the requirements of this article apply to an electrical corporation that as of January 1, 2010, had 60,000 or fewer customer accounts in California and met either of t
• § 399.18 — (a) This section applies to an electrical corporation that as of January 1, 2010, met either of the following conditions: (1) Served 30,000 or fewer customer accounts in California and had issued at l
• § 399.19 — (a) The commission shall modify, and extend until December 31, 2026, or until all available program funds are expended, whichever occurs first, the monetary incentive program for biomethane projects a
• § 399.2 — (a) (1) It is the policy of this state, and the intent of the Legislature, to reaffirm that each electrical corporation shall continue to operate its electric distribution grid in its service territor
• § 399.2.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1001 to 1013, inclusive, an application of an electrical corporation for a certificate authorizing the construction of new transmission facilities is necessary to the prov
• § 399.20 — (a) (1) It is the policy of this state and the intent of the Legislature to encourage electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources.
• § 399.20.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Bioenergy” has the same meaning as set forth in paragraph (6) of subdivision (f) of Section 399.
• § 399.20.5 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (j) of Section 399.
• § 399.21 — (a) The commission, by rule, shall authorize the use of renewable energy credits to satisfy the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements established pursuant to this article, subject to
• § 399.22 — (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means any state agency, board, department, or commission, including the entities specified in subdivision (a) of Section 15814.
• § 399.24 — (a) To meet the energy and transportation needs of the state, the commission shall adopt policies and programs that promote the in-state production and distribution of biomethane.
• § 399.25 — The Energy Commission shall do all of the following: (a) Certify eligible renewable energy resources that it determines meet the criteria described in subdivision (e) of Section 399.
• § 399.26 — (a) In order for the state to meet the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, substantially increased amounts of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resou
• § 399.3 — Nothing in Section 399.
• § 399.30 — (a) (1) To fulfill unmet long-term generation resource needs, each local publicly owned electric utility shall adopt and implement a renewable energy resources procurement plan that requires the utili
• § 399.31 — A retail seller may procure renewable energy credits associated with deliveries of electricity by an eligible renewable energy resource to a local publicly owned electric utility, for purposes of comp
• § 399.32 — (a) It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to encourage electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources.
• § 399.33 — (a) This section shall only apply to a gas-fired powerplant that is located inside the state, is owned by and serves the electrical demands of a single local publicly owned electric utility, and meets
• § 399.4 — (a) (1) In order to ensure that prudent investments in energy efficiency continue to be made that produce cost-effective energy savings, reduce customer demand, and contribute to the safe and reliable
• § 399.8 — (a) In order to ensure that the citizens of this state continue to receive safe, reliable, affordable, and environmentally sustainable electric service, it is the policy of this state and the intent o
• § 399.9 — (a) No part of this article shall be construed to alter or affect the low-income funding provisions set forth in Section 382.
• § 4 — No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by this code, but all procedure thereafter taken therein shall conform to the provisions of this code
• § 400 — The commission and the Energy Commission shall do all of the following in furtherance of meeting the state’s clean energy and pollution reduction objectives: (a) Take into account the use of distribut
• § 400.2 — For the purposes of this article, “green electrolytic hydrogen” means hydrogen gas produced through electrolysis and does not include hydrogen gas manufactured using steam reforming or any other conve
• § 400.3 — The commission, State Air Resources Board, and Energy Commission shall consider green electrolytic hydrogen an eligible form of energy storage and shall consider other potential uses of green electrol
• § 40000 — This part shall be known and cited as the “Orange County Transit District Act of 1965.
• § 40001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this article govern the construction of this part.
• § 40002 — “District” means the Orange County Transit District formed under this part.
• § 40003 — “Board” means the board of directors of this district.
• § 40004 — “Voter” means any elector who is registered under the Elections Code.
• § 40005 — “Transit” means the transportation of passengers only and their incidental baggage by means other than by chartered bus, sightseeing bus, or any other motor vehicle not on an individual passenger fare
• § 40006 — “Transit works” or “transit facilities” means all real and personal property, equipment, rights, or interests owned or to be acquired by the district for transit service.
• § 40010 — It is necessary that a transit district be established in Orange County in order to provide an interim solution to the transit problem of this area pending inclusion, if at all, of Orange County into
• § 40011 — The Orange County Transit District as created and established by the voters of the County of Orange comprises all that portion of the County of Orange lying within the exterior boundaries thereof.
• § 40012 — Except as otherwise provided in this part elections shall be held and conducted and the result ascertained, determined, and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the gen
• § 40013 — Except as otherwise provided in this part all ordinances and notices which are required to be published shall be published within the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 40014 — Whenever the signature of any officer or employee of a district or of any member of the retirement board or of any officer or employee of the retirement system is authorized or required under the prov
• § 40060 — The members of the Orange County Transportation Authority, comprised as specified by Section 130052, shall serve as the board of directors of the district.
• § 40061 — The board of directors shall select one of its members as chairman.
• § 40062 — The board shall determine the number of, and appoint the officers of the district.
• § 40070 — The chairman is the presiding officer of the board and he shall vote on the propositions passed upon by the board.
• § 40071 — The first meeting of the board shall be held within 10 days after the board of supervisors certifies the results of the election to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 40050.
• § 40072 — The board shall select one of its members vice chairman, who shall preside in the absence of its chairman.
• § 40073 — All matters and things necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the district which are not provided for in this part shall be provided for by the board.
• § 40074 — The board shall supervise and regulate every transit facility owned and operated by the district, including the fixing of rates, rentals, charges and classifications, and the making and enforcement of
• § 40075 — The board may either operate the transit system itself or a part thereof or it may contract with any other public or private agency or corporation to operate all or part of the transit system for the
• § 40077 — The board may, from time to time, contract for or employ any professional service required by the district or for the performance of work or services which cannot satisfactorily be performed by the re
• § 40078 — (a) The Auditor of the County of Orange shall provide the board with an annual audit of all books and accounts of the district, unless an audit by a certified public accountant or public accountant is
• § 40079 — Payment of claims against the district and disbursement of district funds shall be in the manner provided for claims against a county and disbursements of funds of a county.
• § 40080 — None of the territory which is within the district shall be annexed to any other transit district unless the board, by resolution, approves the annexation of such territory to such other transit distr
• § 40081 — To facilitate the business of the district, the board may provide for the creation and administration of such funds as the needs of the district may require.
• § 40085 — All meetings of the board shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the Ralph M.
• § 40086 — A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
• § 40088 — The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance.
• § 40089 — The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be as follows: “Be it ordained by the board of directors of the Orange County Transit District.
• § 40095 — The board may appoint and fix the salary of a general manager who shall have full charge of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities of the district, and of the admi
• § 40096 — The board may designate the Treasurer, the Auditor, the County Counsel, and the Clerk of the County of Orange as the treasurer, auditor, counsel, and clerk of the district, and the treasury of that co
• § 40097 — The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the district and shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the chairman of the board or any other person so authorized by
• § 40098 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law which requires warrants to be paid by the county auditor, the district treasurer shall pay the warrant if sufficient district funds are available.
• § 401 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the public interest is best served by a commission that is appropriately funded and staffed, that can thoroughly examine the issues before it, and that can
• § 40120 — Whenever a majority of the employees employed by the district in a unit appropriate for collective bargaining indicate a desire to be represented by a labor organization, the district, upon determinin
• § 40121 — No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor organization, association, group, or individual, or be assumed under the provisions of this section, where such organization, association, group,
• § 40122 — If there is a question whether a labor organization represents a majority of employees or whether the proposed unit is or is not appropriate, such matters shall be submitted to the State Conciliation
• § 40122.1 — (a) The Public Employment Relations Board established pursuant to Section 3541 of the Government Code, and the powers and duties of that board, as described in Section 3541.
• § 40122.2 — (a) Any charging party, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Public Employment Relations Board in an unfair practice case, except a decision of that board not to iss
• § 40123 — Whenever the district acquires existing facilities from a publicly or privately owned public utility, either in proceedings by eminent domain or otherwise, the district shall assume and observe all ex
• § 40124 — Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 6.
• § 40125 — Notwithstanding the provisions of the Government Code, employees of this district may authorize and, upon such authorization, the district may make deductions from wages and salaries of such employees
• § 40126 — The obligation of the district to bargain in good faith with a duly designated or certified labor organization and to execute a written collective bargaining agreement with such labor organization cov
• § 40127 — The district may provide for a retirement system; provided, that the adoption, terms and conditions of any retirement system covering employees of the district represented by a labor organization in a
• § 40128 — The district shall take the necessary steps to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under Subchapter II of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and the related provisions of the
• § 40129 — The district shall take such steps as may be necessary to obtain coverage for the district and its employees under the workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation disability and unemployment insu
• § 40130 — The Orange County Employees Retirement System and the laws relating thereto or as hereafter amended shall be applicable to the officers and employees of the district, except as otherwise provided in C
• § 40160 — The district has perpetual succession and may adopt a seal and alter it at its pleasure.
• § 40161 — The district may sue and be sued, except as otherwise provided by law, in all actions and proceedings, in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 40162 — The district may exercise the right of eminent domain to take any property necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this part.
• § 40163 — All the provisions of the County Transportation Commissions Act (Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000)), regarding the powers and functions of the Orange County Transportation Authority shall b
• § 40165 — The district may make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature whatsoever, either in connection with eminent domain proceedings or otherwise, including, without limiting the generality of t
• § 40166 — No officer or employee of the district shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board, or in the profits to be derived therefrom contr
• § 40175 — The district may take by grant, purchase, gift, devise or lease, or condemn in proceedings under eminent domain, or otherwise acquire, and hold and enjoy, real and personal property of every kind with
• § 40176 — Exercise of the powers provided under Section 40175 shall be undertaken in the same manner and pursuant to the same procedures as in the exercise of like powers by the County of Orange, except as may
• § 40180 — The district may acquire, construct, own, operate, control or use rights-of-way, rail lines, buslines, stations, platforms, switches, yards, terminals and any and all other facilities necessary or con
• § 40180.5 — The district may make bulk purchases of passenger tickets for scheduled passenger rail services provided by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation during peak hours, as defined by subdivision (a)
• § 40181 — The district may without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, accept contributions of money, rights-of-way, labor, materials, and any other property for
• § 40182 — The district may acquire, construct, own, or operate air terminal facilities within the district and, with the consent of the county in which such facilities are located, outside of the district, and
• § 40183 — The district may lease or contract for the use of its transit facilities, or any portion thereof, to any operator, and may provide for subleases by such operator upon such terms and conditions as it d
• § 40184 — The district may construct and operate or acquire and operate works and facilities in, under, upon, over, across, or along any street or public highway or any stream, bay or watercourse, or over any o
• § 40185 — The district may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the district and any city, public agency or public utility operating transit facilities; may enter into agreement
• § 40186 — The rates and charges for service furnished pursuant to this part shall be fixed by the board and shall be reasonable.
• § 40187 — The district shall be subject to the provisions of Division 14.
• § 402 — The Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account is hereby continued in existence.
• § 40200 — The district shall have the power to obtain temporary transfers of funds in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 31, Article IV of the State Constitution.
• § 40201 — The district may accept, without limitation by any other provisions of this part requiring approval of indebtedness, contributions or loans from the United States, this state, or any department, instr
• § 40221 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Establish” includes establish, construct, complete, acquire, extend, or reroute.
• § 40222 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, before the district may propose to establish any transit service or system which may at any time divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or reven
• § 40222.5 — The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system until it has completed the purchase of the existing system or any part thereof.
• § 40223 — The purchase price to be paid for the existing system, or any portion thereof to be purchased, shall be the reproduction cost new, including going concern value, at the date upon which the district co
• § 40223.5 — The district and the public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of
• § 40224 — Section 851 does not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system, or any portion thereof, pursuant to this chapter, and the Public Utilities Commission has no jurisdiction with respec
• § 40225 — The district may from time to time incur a bonded indebtedness as provided in this chapter to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing or completing the whole or any portion of any transit facilities,
• § 40226 — Whenever the board by resolution passed by vote of two-thirds of all its members determines that the public interest or necessity demands the acquisition, construction, or completion by the district o
• § 40231 — The ordinance calling a special bond election shall fix the date on which the election will be held, and the manner of holding the election and of voting for or against incurring the indebtedness.
• § 40232 — Propositions for incurring indebtedness for more than one object or purpose may be submitted at the same election.
• § 40233 — Any special bond election may be held separately, or may be consolidated with any other election authorized by law at which the voters of the district may vote.
• § 40234 — The ordinance shall be published, and no other notice of election need be given.
• § 40235 — The board shall comply with Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) of Chapter 2 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, the provisions of which are applicable to any bond election held pursuant to this
• § 40236 — The votes of sixty percent (60%) of all voters voting on the proposition at the election are required to authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter.
• § 40237 — If the proposition submitted at a special bond election fails to receive the requisite number of votes, the board shall not within six months after the election hold another special election for the s