The commission may, after a hearing, require every public utility to construct, maintain, and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, apparatus, tracks, and premises in a manner so as to promote and safeguard the health and safety of its employees, passengers, customers, and the public. The commission may prescribe, among other things, the installation, use, maintenance, and operation of appropriate safety or other devices or appliances, including interlocking and other protective devices at grade crossings or junctions and block or other systems of signaling. The commission may establish uniform or other standards of construction and equipment, and require the performance of any other act which the health or safety of its employees, passengers, customers, or the public may demand. The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall have the primary responsibility for the regulation of the safety of operation of passenger stage corporations. The commission shall cooperate with the Department of the California Highway Patrol to ensure safe operation of these carriers.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 768
Equipment, Practices, and Facilities
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 73 Cal. App. 4th 1042 - Leslie v. Superior Court (1999)
Most recently applied in 181 Cal. App. 4th 364 - Public Utilities Commission v. Superior Court (January 2010)
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 21
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.