The Legislature finds and declares that whenever a political subdivision constructs facilities to provide or extend water service, or provides or extends such service, to any service area of a private utility with the same type of service, such an act constitutes a taking of the property of the private utility for a public purpose to the extent that the private utility is injured by reason of any of its property employed in providing the water service being made inoperative, reduced in value or rendered useless to the private utility for the purpose of providing water service to the service area.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 1503
Service Duplication
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 192 Cal. App. 3d 1005 - City of San Jose v. Great Oaks Water Co. (1987)
Most recently applied in 192 Cal. App. 3d 1005 - City of San Jose v. Great Oaks Water Co. (June 1987)
Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.