Section 185502 Of Chapter 5. Relocation Of Utilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 19.5. >> Chapter 5.
185502
. (a) When the authority requires a publicly owned utility to
relocate within a high-speed rail property any utility facility
lawfully maintained in that property that was not used for high-speed
rail purposes at the time the utility facility was originally
installed, the authority shall pay the cost of the relocation.
(b) When the authority requires a privately owned utility to
relocate within a high-speed rail property any utility facility used
solely to supply water, which facility is lawfully maintained in any
high-speed rail property that was not used for high-speed rail
purposes at the time that the utility facility was originally
installed, the authority shall pay the cost of the relocation.
(c) When the authority requires a privately owned utility to
relocate within a high-speed rail property any utility facility,
other than one used solely to supply water, which facility is
lawfully maintained in any high-speed rail property that was not used
for high-speed rail purposes at the time the utility facility was
originally installed, and it is established by the utility that the
utility is not under express contractual obligation to relocate the
utility facility at its own expense, the authority shall pay the cost
of the relocation.
(d) A permit containing a contractual obligation that was accepted
by the utility for maintenance or minor improvement of the facility
after the property became high-speed rail property shall not
constitute a contractual obligation to relocate a utility facility at
its own expense within the meaning of this section.
(e) Publicly owned sewers and fire hydrants and any street
lighting structure, whether publicly or privately owned, in any
high-speed rail property shall be relocated, where necessary, at the
expense of the authority.