Section 1353 Of Chapter 7. Valuation Of Public Utility Properties From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7.
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. (a) The commission may make and file its written findings of
fact upon matters concerning which evidence has been introduced
before it which, in its judgment, have bearing on the value of the
property of the public utility affected. These findings shall be
subject to review by the courts in the same manner and within the
same time as other orders and decisions of the commission.
(b) The findings of the commission so made and filed, when
certified under the seal of the commission, shall be admissible in
evidence in any action, proceeding, or hearing before the commission
or any court in which the commission, the state, or any officer,
department, or institution thereof, or any county, city and county,
city, or other body politic and the public utility affected may be
interested, whether arising under this part, or otherwise. These
findings, when so introduced, shall be conclusive evidence of the
facts therein stated as of the date therein stated under conditions
then existing, and these facts may only be controverted by showing a
subsequent change in conditions bearing upon the facts therein
determined.