Section 6262 Of Article 3. Scope Of Franchise From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.

. No franchise granted under this chapter in any way impairs or affects the right of the granting municipality to acquire the property of the grantee by purchase or condemnation, and nothing contained in such a franchise shall be construed to contract away, modify or abridge either for a term or in perpetuity the municipality' s right of eminent domain in respect to any public utility.