California Public Utilities Code

§ 7526

PUC § 7526Div. 4 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

Every railroad corporation has all of the following powers:

(a)To make such examination and surveys as are necessary to the selection of the most advantageous route for the railroad. The officers, agents, and employees of the corporation may enter upon the lands or waters of any person, for this purpose, subject to liability for all damages which they do thereto.

(b)To receive, hold, take, and convey, by deed or otherwise, as a natural person, such voluntary grants and donations of real estate and other property as are made to it to aid and encourage the construction, maintenance, and accommodation of the railroad.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.