Section 2706 Of Chapter 2. Water Companies From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees,
trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, who sells or
delivers water exclusively to a water conservation district organized
under the laws of the state or who leases or otherwise permits the
use of ditches or other water transmission facilities exclusively by
the district is not a public utility within the meaning of this
chapter. No portion of the works, property, or water rights of any of
those parties shall be deemed dedicated to a public use by reason of
selling or delivering water to a water conservation district.
(b) Any person, firm, or corporation with water that is not being
used to supply water to a public water system, or that is not
otherwise dedicated to public use, that sells, leases, transfers, or
otherwise delivers the water at wholesale to any public agency or to
a water corporation providing water utility service, is not a public
utility within the meaning of this chapter.
(c) This section does not apply to mutual water companies.