Section 1504 Of Chapter 8.5. Service Duplication From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 8.5.
1504
. Just compensation for the property so taken for public
purposes shall be as may be mutually agreed by the political
subdivision and the private utility or as ascertained and fixed by a
court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the laws of this state
relating to eminent domain, including consideration of the useful
value to the political subdivision of the property so taken.
Whenever the compensation by a political subdivision under this
section is an amount equal to the just compensation value of all the
property of the private utility in the operating system that the
private utility employs in providing water service to the service
area, the political subdivision may, by resolution, provide for the
acquisition of all such property.
A political subdivision engaged in activities set forth in Section
1503 shall pay just compensation for the property so taken for
public purposes.