California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 1 - Accident Liability Protection

• Section 5500.
  As used in this article, “commercial air operator” means any person owning, controlling, operating, renting, or managing aircraft for any commercial purpose for compensation. “Commercial...
• Section 5501.
  As used in this article, “aircraft” means any contrivance used for navigation of, or flight in, the air. “Aircraft” does not include a hot air...
• Section 5502.
  As used in this article, “person” means any individual, firm, partnership, private, municipal or public corporation, limited liability company, company, association, joint stock association, trustee,...
• Section 5503.
  (a) The Public Utilities Commission shall require every commercial air operator to procure, and continue in effect so long as the commercial air operator continues to...
• Section 5503.a.
  (a) All commercial air operators shall maintain in force at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) of liability insurance for personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage...
• Section 5503.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5503, the commission shall require less accident insurance than that required of commercial air operators pursuant to Section 5503 of...
• Section 5504.
  This article does not apply to any person licensed under Article 1 (commencing with Section 11701) of Chapter 4 of Division 6 of the Food...
• Section 5505.
  (a) The commission shall, after a public hearing, set the amount of liability insurance, required by Section 5503, which is reasonably necessary to provide adequate compensation...
• Section 5506.
  (a) The protection required under Section 5503 shall be evidenced either by the deposit with the commission, covering each aircraft used or to be used in...
• Section 5506.a.
  (a) All commercial air operators shall comply with any requirement of a city, county, or city and county that the person obtain a business license as...
• Section 5507.
  (a) With the consent of the commission a copy of an insurance policy, certified by the company issuing it to be a true copy of the...
• Section 5508.
  (a) The protection against liability shall be continued in effect so long as the commercial air operator continues to offer his or her services for compensation....
• Section 5508.a.
  (a) The protection against liability shall be continued in effect so long as the commercial air operator continues to offer his or her services for compensation....
• Section 5509.
  (a) The commission may establish such rules as are necessary to enforce this article.(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2018, and, as of January...
• Section 5510.
  Any commercial air operator who knowingly refuses or fails to procure protection against liability, as required by Section 5503, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Amended by...
• Section 5511.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5506, the commission shall have the authority to accept policies of insurance written by nonadmitted insurers subject to Section 1763...
• Section 5511.a.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5506, a city, county, or city and county shall have the authority to accept policies of insurance written by nonadmitted...
• Section 5512.
  (a) Following an administrative hearing, the commission may impose a penalty of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon any commercial air operator who fails to...
• Section 5512.a.
  (a) Following an administrative hearing, a city, county, or city and county may impose a penalty of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon any commercial...
• Section 5513.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any person owning, controlling, operating, renting, managing, furnishing, or otherwise providing transportation by hot air balloon for hire...

Last modified: October 22, 2018