California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way and Franchises

• Section 7551.
  Every railroad corporation is granted the right of way for the location, construction, and maintenance of its necessary works, and for every necessary adjunct thereto,...
• Section 7551.1.
  The Secretary of Transportation may grant to every railroad corporation whose primary business is the transportation of passengers the rights-of-way for the location, construction, and...
• Section 7551.3.
  (a) To ensure that a fair and reasonable price is paid for public acquisition of railroad rights-of-way, it is the intent of the Legislature to have...
• Section 7552.
  (a) Every railroad corporation is granted the right, subject to subdivision (b), to take from any of the lands belonging to the state, adjacent to the...
• Section 7553.
  When any selection of a right of way, or land for an adjunct to the works of a railroad corporation, is made by any corporation,...
• Section 7554.
  If any corporation receiving state lands or appurtenances thereunder is dissolved, ceases to exist, is discontinued, or the route or line of its works is...
• Section 7555.
  No railroad corporation may use any street, alley, or highway, or any of the land, whether covered by water or otherwise, owned by any city...
• Section 7556.
  The governing body of a county, city and county, or city, under such regulations, restrictions, and limitations, and upon such terms and payment of license...
• Section 7556.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 7556, to railroad corporations whose primary business is the transportation of passengers, the governing body of a county, city and county, or city...
• Section 7557.
  Where any railroad or street railroad tracks are located on property that a public entity is authorized to acquire by eminent domain for road, highway,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018