When approved by the commission, a common carrier may give free or reduced rate transportation between points within this state to:

(a) Its officers, agents, employees, and members of their families.

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 523

  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
  • employees: includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees of any common carrier subject to the provisions of this part, persons who have become disabled or infirm in the service of any such carrier, ex-employees traveling for the purpose of entering the service of any such carrier, and the remains of persons dying while in the employment of any such carrier. See California Public Utilities Code 521
  • families: includes the families of such persons and the families of persons killed, and the surviving spouses until remarried and minor children during minority of persons who died while in the service of any such carrier. See California Public Utilities Code 521
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17

(b) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation.

(c) Persons injured in accidents or wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons.

(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 467, Sec. 1.)