California Government Code 54252 – (a) In accordance with Section 10013 of the Public Utilities …
(a) In accordance with § 10013 of the Public Utilities Code, prior to signing a proposed franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency, a privatizer shall apply to the commission for a determination that the proposed privatization project is not a public utility within the meaning of § 216 of the Public Utilities Code and is therefore exempt from commission regulation. The application shall include such information as the commission requires to make this determination, as well as any information needed to comply with subdivisions (d) and (e) of § 10013 of the Public Utilities Code.
(b) A local agency may contract with the commission for any technical assistance deemed necessary to comply with § 10013 of the Public Utilities Code and shall reimburse the commission for estimated reasonable costs. The local agency may charge the privatizer a fee to pay these costs.
Terms Used In California Government Code 54252
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See California Government Code 54250
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Local agency: means any city, county, city and county, special district, or county service area. See California Government Code 54250
- Privatization project: as used in this article , includes the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's Arlington Basin Groundwater Desalter Project, which will treat groundwater contaminated by wastewater. See California Government Code 54250
- Privatizer: means any corporation, partnership, or natural person, excluding municipal corporations, which owns and operates a wastewater or sewerage project pursuant to a franchise, license, or service agreement with a local agency. See California Government Code 54250
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 669, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)