Section 530 Of Article 3. Free Or Reduced Rates From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this
part may transport, free or at reduced rates, as follows:
(1) Persons for the United States, state, county, or municipal
governments, or persons or property for charitable or patriotic
purposes, or to provide relief in cases of general epidemic,
pestilence, or calamity.
(2) Contractors and their employees, material or supplies for use
or engaged in carrying out their contracts with such carriers, for
construction, operation, or maintenance work or work incidental
thereto on the line of the issuing carrier, to the extent only that
such free or reduced rate transportation is provided for in the
specifications upon which the contract is based and in the contract
itself.
(b) Common carriers may also enter into contracts with telegraph
and telephone corporations for an exchange of service.