{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"626","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 626","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 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201. - 2120.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities [451. - 666.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Eminent Domain [610. - 626.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-3/article-7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 774, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 2000.","effective":"2000-01-01","html":"<p>On or after January 1, 2000, a public utility may not enter into any exclusive access agreement with the owner or lessor of, or a person controlling or managing, a property or premises served by the public utility, or commit or permit any other act, that would limit the right of any other public utility to provide service to a tenant or other occupant of the property or premises.</p>","text":"On or after January 1, 2000, a public utility may not enter into any exclusive access agreement with the owner or lessor of, or a person controlling or managing, a property or premises served by the public utility, or commit or permit any other act, that would limit the right of any other public utility to provide service to a tenant or other occupant of the property or premises.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/eminent-domain-626","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}