California Public Utilities Code 100602.4 – (a) Where any parcel in the benefit district is owned in joint …
(a) Where any parcel in the benefit district is owned in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or any other multiple ownership, the owners of that parcel may designate in writing which one of the owners shall be deemed the owner of the parcel for purposes of submitting an assessment ballot pursuant to § 53753 of the Government Code. In the absence of a designation, the provisions of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of § 53753 of the Government Code shall apply.
(b) The legal representative of a corporation or an estate owning real property in the benefit district may act on behalf of the corporation or the estate.
Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 100602.4
- 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.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Public Utilities Code 10
- Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
(c) (1) For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” means an official of a corporation owning real property in the benefit district.
(2) For purposes of this chapter, “legal representative” also means a guardian, conservator, executor, or administrator of the estate of the holder of title to real property in the benefit district who is all of the following:
(A) The person is appointed under the laws of this state.
(B) The person is entitled to the possession of the estate’s real property.
(C) The person is authorized by the appointing court to exercise the particular right, privilege, or immunity that he or she seeks to exercise.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 157. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)