{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"98302","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 98302","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 10. TRANSIT DISTRICTS [24501. - 107025.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-10"},{"name":"PART 10. SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT [98000. - 98407.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-10/part-10"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6.5. Existing Systems [98300. - 98305.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-10/part-10/chapter-6.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 978.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system until it has offered to purchase the buses and such other facilities of the existing system as it will have need of and use for, and such offer has either been rejected or the purchase completed.</p>","text":"The district shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system until it has offered to purchase the buses and such other facilities of the existing system as it will have need of and use for, and such offer has either been rejected or the purchase completed.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/existing-systems-98302","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}