California Public Utilities Code

§ 827

PUC § 827Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 5

Statute text

Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, and every other person is guilty of a felony who does any of the following acts:

(a)Knowingly authorizes, directs, aids in, issues, or executes, or causes to be issued or executed, any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, in nonconformity with the order of the commission authorizing the issue, or contrary to the provisions of this part or of the Constitution of this State.

(b)Knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any proceeding before the commission or with knowledge of its falsity files or causes to be filed with the commission any false statement or representation which tends in any way to influence the commission to make an order authorizing the issue of any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or any bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or which results in procuring from the commission the making of any such order.

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Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.