PART 3. SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL [2901. - 2976.]

Part 3 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.

§§ 2901–2976 · 32 sections

CHAPTER 1. Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations §§ 2901–2976 · 32 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 2901–2907 · 7 sections
  - § 2901 Any municipal corporation may retain or surrender to the commission the powers of control vested in it to supervise and regulate the relationship between any…
  - § 2902 This chapter shall not be construed to authorize any municipal corporation to surrender to the commission its powers of control to supervise and regulate the…
  - § 2903 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions and general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
  - § 2904 “Municipal corporation” means a city and county or incorporated city.
  - § 2905 “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors, municipal council, commission, or other legislative or governing body of a municipal corporation.
  - § 2906 “Powers of control” means all powers of control vested in a municipal corporation to supervise and regulate (a) the relationship between public utilities and…
  - § 2907 “Railroad corporation,” “street railroad corporation,” “common carrier,” “gas corporation,” “electrical corporation,” “telephone corporation,” “telegraph…
2. ARTICLE 2. Petition for Election §§ 2931–2939 · 9 sections
  - § 2931 The question whether any municipal corporation shall retain its powers of control respecting one or more classes of public utilities may be submitted to the…
  - § 2932 The ordinance of intention or the petition, as the case may be, shall contain the propositions proposed to be so submitted, as set forth in Section 2965.
  - § 2933 The petition shall be signed by qualified electors of the municipal corporation, equal in number to 10 per centum of the qualified electors, computed upon the…
  - § 2934 The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative body of the municipal corporation. Within 10 days from the date of the filing of the petition,…
  - § 2935 Upon completion of the examination, the clerk shall forthwith attach to the petition his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of the examination. If…
  - § 2936 If, by the certificate of the clerk, the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended by filing a supplemental petition within 10 days from the date…
  - § 2937 The clerk shall, within 10 days from the filing of the supplemental petition, make a like examination of the supplemental petition and certify to the result of…
  - § 2938 The sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition shall not be subject to review by the legislative body. After the election held in pursuance of the petition,…
  - § 2939 In any city and county having a board of election commissioners and a registrar of voters, the clerk of the legislative body thereof shall immediately upon the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Elections §§ 2961–2976 · 16 sections
  - § 2961 Upon the adoption of an ordinance of intention, or the presentation of a petition, as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2931), the legislative…
  - § 2962 A special election shall be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the adoption of the ordinance of intention, or the…
  - § 2963 Every special election held in any municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter, shall be called by the legislative body thereof, by ordinance,…
  - § 2964 The ordinance shall, prior to the election, be published five times in a daily newspaper printed and published in the municipal corporation, or twice in a…
  - § 2965 The ballots to be used at any general municipal election or at any special election, at which is submitted the question whether a municipal corporation shall…
  - § 2966 If the propositions specified in Section 2965 are submitted at a special election in any municipal corporation, the legislative body or other body or board…
  - § 2967 Immediately upon the completion of the canvass of the returns of any special or general municipal election at which the propositions specified in Section 2965…
  - § 2968 If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified electors of the municipal corporation have voted to retain the…
  - § 2969 If it appears from the result of the election, as so declared, that a majority of the qualified electors voted not to retain the powers of control respecting…
  - § 2970 Immediately upon the entry of the order declaring the result of the election, the clerk of the legislative body or the registrar of voters of any municipal…
  - § 2971 Immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of the order in the office of the commission, the powers of control theretofore vested in the municipal…
  - § 2972 Any municipal corporation which has retained the powers of control vested therein respecting any class or classes of public utilities may thereafter surrender…
  - § 2973 The ballots to be used at the election shall have printed thereon, in addition to the other matters required by law, separate propositions as to each class of…
  - § 2974 The provisions of this chapter, insofar as applicable, shall govern elections called, conducted, and held under the provisions of this article and general…
  - § 2975 The holding of a special election, or the submission of propositions at any general municipal election, under any of the provisions of this chapter, shall not…
  - § 2976 Except as otherwise in this chapter provided, the holding and conducting of elections pursuant to this chapter, the form of the ballots used, the opening and…