California Public Resources Code

§ 6224.3

PRC § 6224.3 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 6 · Part 1 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)A person shall not construct, place, maintain, own, use, or possess a structure or facility on land that is under the commission’s jurisdiction and that is owned by the state without first obtaining all necessary easements, leases, or permits from the commission that authorize the construction, placement, maintenance, ownership, use, or possession of the structure or facility.

(b)Except as provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 6224.5, and except for facilities owned by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code or a gas corporation as defined in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code, that were installed on lands pursuant to a property interest or a claim of right before the lands became state lands, a person, other than a telegraph or telephone corporation acting pursuant to Section 7901 of the Public Utilities Code or a franchised cable television corporation, as defined in Section 216.4 of the Public Utilities Code, and limited to their usage of poles, conduits, cables, wires, and associated appurtenances under either their ownership or the ownership of an electrical corporation, who violates subdivision (a) shall be liable for a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) a day or an amount that is not more than 60 percent higher than the full fair market rental for each month that a violation occurs. If the violation occurs during only part of a calendar month, the commission may prorate the penalty.

(c)In determining the appropriate penalty described in subdivision (b), the commission shall consider all of the following factors:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 247, Sec. 1. (AB 2082) Effective January 1, 2013.