Section 827 Of Article 5. Stocks And Security Transactions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 5.
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. Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, and
every other person is guilty of a felony who does any of the
following acts:
(a) Knowingly authorizes, directs, aids in, issues, or executes,
or causes to be issued or executed, any stock or stock certificate or
other evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note, or other
evidence of indebtedness, in nonconformity with the order of the
commission authorizing the issue, or contrary to the provisions of
this part or of the Constitution of this State.
(b) Knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any
proceeding before the commission or with knowledge of its falsity
files or causes to be filed with the commission any false statement
or representation which tends in any way to influence the commission
to make an order authorizing the issue of any stock or stock
certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or any bond,
note, or other evidence of indebtedness, or which results in
procuring from the commission the making of any such order.
(c) With knowledge that any false statement or representation was
made to the commission, in any proceeding, tending in any way to
influence the commission to make such order, issues or executes or
negotiates, or causes to be issued, executed, or negotiated any such
stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or
ownership, or bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness.
(d) Directly or indirectly, knowingly applies, or causes or
assists to be applied any part of the proceeds from the sale of any
stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or
ownership, or bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, to any
purpose not specified in the commission's order, or to any purpose
specified in the commission's order in excess of the amount
authorized for such purpose.
(e) With knowledge that any stock or stock certificate or other
evidence of interest or ownership, or bond, note, or other evidence
of indebtedness, has been issued or executed in violation of any of
the provisions of this part, negotiates, or causes the same to be
negotiated.