California Public Utilities Code

§ 2705

PUC § 2705 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

Any corporation or association that is organized for the purposes of delivering water to its stockholders and members at cost, including use of works for conserving, treating, and reclaiming water, and that delivers water to no one except its stockholders or members, or to the state or any agency or department thereof, to any city, county, school district, or other public district, or any federal agency that provides fire protection or operates park facilities, or to any other mutual water company, at cost, is not a public utility, and is not subject to the jurisdiction, control or regulation of the commission. However, a mutual water company may perform the following acts without becoming a public utility and becoming subject to the jurisdiction, control or regulation of the commission:

(a)May deliver water at cost to any lessee of its stock or shares or other evidence of membership where the lease is in writing signed by the owner of the stock or shares or other evidence of membership and the lessee thereof and approved by the mutual water company.

(b)May deliver water at cost to any land leased by a stockholder, shareholder, or member of the mutual water company to a person not a stockholder, shareholder or member thereof, provided the lease is in writing signed by the stockholder, shareholder or member and the lessee of the land and approved by the mutual water company.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 420, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.