{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"2712","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 2712","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 2. SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES [2701. - 2899.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Water Companies [2701. - 2715.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-2/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.","effective":null,"html":"<p>“Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section <a href=\"/puc/2701\">2701</a> is not to be construed as authorizing a contract by a person or corporation defined in this chapter as a public utility which in anywise deprives the State or the commission or other competent authority of power to regulate the rates and service of any such public utility.</p>","text":"“Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section 2701 is not to be construed as authorizing a contract by a person or corporation defined in this chapter as a public utility which in anywise deprives the State or the commission or other competent authority of power to regulate the rates and service of any such public utility.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/water-companies-2712","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}