California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 6 - Transfer or Encumbrance of Utility Property

• Section 851.
  A public utility, other than a common carrier by railroad subject to Part A of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.),...
• Section 852.
  No public utility, and no subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public utility, shall purchase or acquire, take or...
• Section 853.
  (a) This article does not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to regulation under this part, except performing services or delivering...
• Section 853.2.
  For a water or sewer system corporation or an entity merging with or acquiring control of a water or sewer system corporation with less than...
• Section 854.
  (a) No person or corporation, whether or not organized under the laws of this state, shall merge, acquire, or control either directly or indirectly any public...
• Section 854.5.
  (a) For purposes of this section, a “nonstate entity” means a company, corporation, partnership, firm, or other entity or group of entities, whether organized for profit...
• Section 855.
  Whenever the commission determines, after notice and hearing, that any water or sewer system corporation is unable or unwilling to adequately serve its ratepayers or...
• Section 856.
  Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, or of a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in, a...
• Section 857.
  (a) A public utility that owns real property acquired for purposes of obtaining a utility right-of-way, may lease that property to a governmental entity for purposes...

Last modified: October 22, 2018