California Streets and Highways Code

§ 707.5

SHC § 707.5Div. 1 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

(A)The department and any utility as defined in Section 700 of this code may enter into a contract providing for or apportioning the obligations and costs to be borne by each party as to either or both of the following subject matters:

(1)Any or all removals or relocations of any utility facilities completed by the utility prior to the effective date of such contract as required by notice given by the department wherever necessary to accommodate any or all state freeways, where: (a) the obligations or costs in respect thereto to be borne by each party is in dispute; and (b) the claim of the utility is: (i) founded upon a removal or relocation completed by the utility not longer than three years immediately preceding the effective date of such contract; or (ii) involved in an action pending in a court of competent jurisdiction if such action was commenced within three years after completion by the utility of the removal or relocation in question; and

(2)Any or all removals or relocations of any utility facilities to be undertaken or completed by the utility after the effective date of such contract as required by notice given by the department wherever necessary to accommodate any or all state freeways.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 824.