Section 6205.1 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
6205.1
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6205, 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
containing provisions for the issuance of franchises, to use, or to
construct or lay and use, under, along, across, or upon the public
streets, ways, alleys, and places within the municipality, facilities
which are part of a pipeline system transmitting oil or products
thereof, shall be granted upon the terms and conditions provided in,
and in accordance with, either this chapter or Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 6001).
(b) On and after January 1, 1990, the compensation to be paid for
the franchises, licenses, permits, or other privileges granted by any
city, county, or city and county, including those holding a
freeholder's charter, shall be as provided in Section 6231.5.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this section,
to preempt the ordinance of any chartered municipality insofar as
that ordinance governs the granting of franchises to construct
facilities which are part of a pipeline system transmitting oil or
products thereof.