CHAPTER 5. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity [1001. - 1103.]
Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
§§ 1001–1103 · 58 sections
ARTICLE 1. Specified Utilities §§ 1001–1013 · 20 sections
- § 1001 (a) A railroad corporation whose railroad is operated primarily by electricity, street railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telegraph…
- § 1001.1 In a proceeding evaluating the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed transmission project, the commission shall…
- § 1001.5 (a) The commission shall exempt the construction of any line, plant, or system, or extension thereof, located outside the boundaries of the state from the…
- § 1002 (a) The commission, as a basis for granting any certificate pursuant to Section 1001 shall give consideration to the following factors: (1) Community values.…
- § 1002.4 (a) The commission may, by resolution, adopt successor guidelines to the commission’s Guidelines for Energy Project Applications Requiring CEQA Compliance:…
- § 1002.5 In issuing a certificate of convenience and necessity for additional natural gas pipeline capacity proposed for construction within this state, the commission…
- § 1003 Every electrical and every gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of any electric…
- § 1003.5 Every electrical and gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of an electric plant, line,…
- § 1004 Before any certificate may issue, under this article, a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or charter, if the applicant is a corporation, shall be…
- § 1005 (a) The commission may, with or without hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for, or refuse to issue it, or issue it for the construction of a portion only…
- § 1005.1 (a) The commission shall issue a decision on an application for a certificate within 18 months of the date of filing of the completed application, when all of…
- § 1005.5 (a) Whenever the commission issues to an electrical or gas corporation a certificate authorizing the new construction of any addition to or extension of the…
- § 1006 When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that a public utility of the class specified in Section 1001 is engaged or is about to engage in…
- § 1006.5 The commission may, after notice and hearing, prior to authorizing any water or sewer system corporation having annual gross operating revenues under two…
- § 1007 No corporation or person shall begin to operate or cause to be operated any vessel for the transportation of persons or property, for compensation, between…
- § 1007.5 The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of the state and by this part, and consistent with Section 9 of…
- § 1008 Any municipal corporation or port district operating or maintaining a port may apply to the commission for the issuance of a certificate of convenience and…
- § 1009 Any right, privilege, franchise, or permit held, owned or obtained by any person or corporation for the operation of vessels between points in this State may…
- § 1011 The provisions of this article are enacted under the State’s reserved power over public utilities or corporations, or both, as the case may be, for the purpose…
- § 1013 (a) The commission may by rule or order, partially or completely exempt certain telecommunications services offered by telephone and telegraph corporations…
ARTICLE 2. Passenger Stage Corporations §§ 1031–1046 · 25 sections
- § 1031 (a) No passenger stage corporation shall operate or cause to be operated any passenger stage over any public highway in this state without first having…
- § 1031.5 The commission shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any certificate under this article to any person, firm, or corporation or to any officer or…
- § 1032 (a) Every applicant for a certificate or transfer of a certificate shall file in the office of the commission an application therefor in the form required by…
- § 1032.1 (a) The commission shall not issue or transfer a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to this article unless the applicant provides for a…
- § 1032.5 The commission shall issue a certificate pursuant to this article to every passenger stage corporation which conducts intrastate passenger transportation…
- § 1033 The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of this State and by this part, may grant certificates of public…
- § 1033.5 (a) The commission may, at any time for good cause, suspend an operating right acquired by virtue of operations conducted on July 29, 1927, or a certificate of…
- § 1033.7 (a) Upon receipt of a written recommendation from the Department of the California Highway Patrol that the certificate of a passenger stage corporation be…
- § 1033.8 (a) Upon receipt of a stop order issued by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Section 3710.1 of the Labor Code, the commission shall investigate…
- § 1034 When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that any passenger stage is being operated without a certificate of public convenience and…
- § 1034.5 Every corporation or person who knowingly and willfully issues, publishes, or affixes, or causes or permits the issuance, publishing, or affixing, of any oral…
- § 1035 Whether or not any stage, auto stage, or other motor vehicle is being, or is proposed to be operated as a passenger stage corporation “between fixed termini or…
- § 1036 (a) Each application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity made under this article shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars…
- § 1037 Every passenger stage corporation which violates any provision of this article, or aids or abets, or without being present advises or encourages any person or…
- § 1038 The interior of every passenger stage operated for hire in this State shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
- § 1038.5 A passenger stage corporation shall not operate any motor vehicle on a public highway unless there is displayed on the vehicle a distinctive identifying symbol…
- § 1039 In every written or oral advertisement of the service it offers, every passenger stage corporation shall state the number of its certificate or identifying…
- § 1040 The commission shall, in issuing a certificate pursuant to this article, require the passenger stage corporation to procure, and to continue in effect during…
- § 1041 It is unlawful for the owner of a passenger stage employing or otherwise directing the driver of the passenger stage to permit the operation of the passenger…
- § 1042 (a) Every passenger stage corporation shall furnish the commission annually with a list, prepared under oath, of all vehicles used in transportation for…
- § 1042.1 Not later than January 1, 2015, the commission shall provide the Department of the California Highway Patrol with a list of each passenger stage corporation’s…
- § 1043 Every passenger stage corporation earning over three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in annual gross operating revenue shall, under oath, file…
- § 1044 When the executive director of the commission determines that any passenger stage corporation, or any officer, director, or agent of any passenger stage…
- § 1045 After the cancellation or revocation of a certificate, or during the period of its suspension, it is unlawful for a passenger stage corporation to conduct any…
- § 1046 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Bus” means a vehicle designed, used, or maintained for carrying more…
ARTICLE 5. Electrical and Gas Corporations §§ 1091–1103 · 13 sections
- § 1091 In addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001) and any other provision of law, every electrical and every gas corporation…
- § 1092 Whenever application is made to the commission for certification of an electric or gas plant, line, or extension subject to this article, the commission shall…
- § 1093 (a) The construction project board of consultants shall consist of eminently qualified and highly experienced design, construction, and project management…
- § 1094 The members of the construction project board of consultants shall receive fees and expenses from the commission. The corporation whose project the…
- § 1095 The corporation shall provide the construction project board of consultants with all information the board determines necessary for its evaluation of the…
- § 1096 The construction project board of consultants shall evaluate the design, construction, project management, and economic soundness of the project as directed by…
- § 1097 (a) For purposes of assisting the construction project board of consultants in monitoring project construction, the corporation shall submit the current…
- § 1098 Throughout the design and construction process, the corporation shall submit quarterly progress reports to the commission and the construction project board of…
- § 1099 Upon completion of the project and commencement of operations, the construction project board of consultants shall submit a final report of its findings and…
- § 1100 The commission and the corporation shall give full consideration to all reports, findings, and recommendations of the construction project board of consultants…
- § 1101 No provision of this article shall be construed to relieve an electrical or gas corporation of any responsibility for the construction or modification of any…
- § 1102 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, and in addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001), an electrical…
- § 1103 (a) If a new underground gas storage facility is proposed, the commission shall ensure that a risk assessment evaluating the potential impact of a leak from…