“Railroad” includes every commercial, interurban, and other railway, other than a street railroad, and each branch or extension thereof, by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights of way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures, and equipment, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated, or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 229
General Provisions and Definitions
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 146 Cal. App. 4th 511 - City of Port Hueneme v. Oxnard Harbor District (2007)
Most recently applied in 146 Cal. App. 4th 511 - City of Port Hueneme v. Oxnard Harbor District (January 2007)
Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.