California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 1 - Manner of Granting

• Section 6001.
  Every franchise or privilege to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct or operate street or interurban railroads upon any public street or...
• Section 6001.5.
  (a) All franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted to a public utility by any city, county, or city and county holding a freeholder’s charter, to...
• Section 6002.
  The grantor may, in such a franchise, impose such other and additional terms and conditions not in conflict with this article, whether governmental or contractual...
• Section 6003.
  No clause or condition of any kind shall be inserted in any franchise or grant offered or sold under the terms of this article which...
• Section 6004.
  An applicant for a franchise or privilege shall file with the governing or legislative body of the county or municipality an application, and thereupon that...
• Section 6005.
  The advertisement shall state that bids will be received for the franchise and that it will be awarded to the highest bidder. The advertisement shall...
• Section 6006.
  The publication shall state the character of the franchise or privilege proposed to be granted, the term for which it is granted, and, if it...
• Section 6007.
  The advertisement shall also contain a statement that the franchise will be struck off, sold, and awarded to the person, firm, or corporation making the...
• Section 6008.
  Each sealed bid shall be accompanied with cash or a certified check payable to the treasurer of the county or municipality for the full amount...
• Section 6009.
  The successful bidder shall deposit with the clerk of the county or municipality, within 24 hours of the acceptance of his bid, the remaining 90...
• Section 6010.
  (a) The advertisement may also contain a statement that the successful bidder for any franchise or privilege struck off, sold, and awarded under this article shall...
• Section 6010.1.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any franchise heretofore or hereafter granted shall not be invalid or subject to revocation because the bond required...
• Section 6011.
  If the franchise is a renewal of a right already in existence, payment of the percentage of gross receipts shall begin at once upon the...
• Section 6012.
  If the franchise granted is an extension of an existing street railroad system, the gross receipts shall be estimated to be one-half of the proportion...
• Section 6013.
  Work to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct street or interurban railroads, to lay gas pipes for the purpose of carrying gas...
• Section 6014.
  Work to construct street or interurban railroads shall be completed within not more than three years from the granting of the franchise, and if not...
• Section 6015.
  Work under any franchise other than for a street or interurban railroad shall be prosecuted diligently and in good faith so as to meet and...
• Section 6016.
  The Attorney General, upon the complaint of any county or municipality, or, in his discretion, upon the complaint of any taxpayer, shall sue for the...
• Section 6017.
  Any member of a governing or legislative body of any county, city and county, or city, who, by his vote, violates or attempts to violate...

Last modified: October 22, 2018