Section 14038 Of Article 3. Activities From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The department may purchase, sell, and lease rail
passenger cars and locomotives and other self-propelled rail
vehicles.
(b) The department may acquire, lease, design, construct, and
improve track lines and related facilities, and the department may
contract with the private sector for the design, improvement, or
construction of track lines and related facilities. If a railroad
corporation refuses to allow improvements to tracks and related
facilities, the Public Utilities Commission shall, within 60 days
after application by the department, order the institution of those
improvements, if it finds that the improvements are necessary to the
safety of the railroad corporation's employees, passengers,
customers, and the public, and the operating efficiency of the
service for which they are requested.
(c) Any facility or equipment acquired or improved by any entity
with funds made available to it pursuant to this section shall become
the property of that entity at the time and under the conditions as
are agreed upon by the department in the agreement that makes the
funds available to the entity. Section 10295 of the Public Contract
Code does not apply to any agreement entered into pursuant to this
section.
(d) The department shall deposit in the Passenger Equipment
Acquisition Fund, for expenditure pursuant to Section 14066, the net
proceeds from the sale of rail passenger cars and locomotives and
other self-propelled rail vehicles.