California Constitution Article XI § 9 – (a) A municipal corporation may establish, purchase, and operate …
Terms Used In California Constitution Article XI § 9 - (a) A municipal corporation may establish, purchase, and operate ...
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(a) A municipal corporation may establish, purchase, and operate public works to furnish its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, or means of communication. It may furnish those services outside its boundaries, except within another municipal corporation which furnishes the same service and does not consent.
(b) Persons or corporations may establish and operate works for supplying those services upon conditions and under regulations that the city may prescribe under its organic law.
(Sec. 9 added June 2, 1970, by Prop. 2. Res.Ch. 331, 1969.)