California Public Utilities Code GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Section 1.
  This act shall be known as the Public Utilities Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 2.
  The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed...
• Section 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...
• Section 5.
  Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions, rules of construction, and other general provisions contained in Sections 1 to 22, inclusive, and...
• Section 6.
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.(Enacted by...
• Section 7.
  Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be...
• Section 8.
  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, petition, or record is required or...
• Section 9.
  Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the reference applies to all amendments and...
• Section 10.
  “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. “Subdivision” means a subdivision of the section in which that term...
• Section 11.
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 12.
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 12.2.
  “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 93. (SB 1005) Effective January...
• Section 13.
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 14.
  “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 15.
  “Oath” includes affirmation.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 16.
  “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness...
• Section 17.
  “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of...
• Section 18.
  “County” includes city and county.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 19.
  “City” includes city and county and “incorporated town,” but does not include “unincorporated town” or “village.”(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
• Section 20.
  (a) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission created by Section 1 of Article XII of the California Constitution, and “commissioner” means a member of the commission.(b) “Energy...
• Section 20.5.
  For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section...
• Section 21.
  If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the...
• Section 22.
  No corporation formed or existing before 12 o'clock m. of January 1, 1873, is affected by the provisions of Division 4 of this code unless...

Last modified: October 22, 2018