California Public Utilities Code 530 – (a) Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part …
(a) Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this part may transport, free or at reduced rates, as follows:
(1) Persons for the United States, state, county, or municipal governments, or persons or property for charitable or patriotic purposes, or to provide relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence, or calamity.
Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 530
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
- 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
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
(2) Contractors and their employees, material or supplies for use or engaged in carrying out their contracts with such carriers, for construction, operation, or maintenance work or work incidental thereto on the line of the issuing carrier, to the extent only that such free or reduced rate transportation is provided for in the specifications upon which the contract is based and in the contract itself.
(b) Common carriers may also enter into contracts with telegraph and telephone corporations for an exchange of service.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2000.)