Section 130220.5 Of Article 2. Contracts From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The commission has the power of eminent domain to
take any property necessary, incidental, or convenient to the
exercise of its powers pursuant to this division.
(b) The commission may exercise the power of eminent domain to
acquire property outside its territorial limits for environmental
mitigation purposes only if otherwise authorized by law and only to
the extent so authorized, and only with the consent of the board of
supervisors of the county in which the mitigation will occur.
(c) No action to acquire property by eminent domain within any
incorporated city or within the unincorporated area of any county
shall be commenced unless written notice is given to the legislative
body of the affected city or county, as the case may be, in
accordance with Section 1245.235 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and
the affected city or county, as the case may be, shall have the same
rights to a hearing before the commission as a person to whom notice
is otherwise required to be given under that section.