ARTICLE 1. Manner of Granting
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
§§ 6001–6017 · 19 sections
- § 6001 Every franchise or privilege to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct or operate street or interurban railroads upon any public street or…
- § 6001.5 (a) All franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted to a public utility by any city, county, or city and county holding a freeholder’s charter,…
- § 6002 The grantor may, in such a franchise, impose such other and additional terms and conditions not in conflict with this article, whether governmental or…
- § 6003 No clause or condition of any kind shall be inserted in any franchise or grant offered or sold under the terms of this article which shall directly or…
- § 6004 An applicant for a franchise or privilege shall file with the governing or legislative body of the county or municipality an application, and thereupon that…
- § 6005 The advertisement shall state that bids will be received for the franchise and that it will be awarded to the highest bidder. The advertisement shall be…
- § 6006 The publication shall state the character of the franchise or privilege proposed to be granted, the term for which it is granted, and, if it is for a street…
- § 6007 The advertisement shall also contain a statement that the franchise will be struck off, sold, and awarded to the person, firm, or corporation making the…
- § 6008 Each sealed bid shall be accompanied with cash or a certified check payable to the treasurer of the county or municipality for the full amount of the bid, and…
- § 6009 The successful bidder shall deposit with the clerk of the county or municipality, within 24 hours of the acceptance of his bid, the remaining 90 percent of the…
- § 6010 (a) The advertisement may also contain a statement that the successful bidder for any franchise or privilege struck off, sold, and awarded under this article…
- § 6010.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any franchise heretofore or hereafter granted shall not be invalid or subject to revocation because the…
- § 6011 If the franchise is a renewal of a right already in existence, payment of the percentage of gross receipts shall begin at once upon the granting of the…
- § 6012 If the franchise granted is an extension of an existing street railroad system, the gross receipts shall be estimated to be one-half of the proportion of the…
- § 6013 Work to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct street or interurban railroads, to lay gas pipes for the purpose of carrying gas for light,…
- § 6014 Work to construct street or interurban railroads shall be completed within not more than three years from the granting of the franchise, and if not so…
- § 6015 Work under any franchise other than for a street or interurban railroad shall be prosecuted diligently and in good faith so as to meet and fill the reasonable…
- § 6016 The Attorney General, upon the complaint of any county or municipality, or, in his discretion, upon the complaint of any taxpayer, shall sue for the forfeiture…
- § 6017 Any member of a governing or legislative body of any county, city and county, or city, who, by his vote, violates or attempts to violate any of the provisions…