Gov. Code, § 51014.6 · Chapter 5.5. The Elder California Pipeline Safety Act Of 1981
Gov. Code, § 51014.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Effective January 1, 1987, no person, other than the pipeline operator, shall do any of the following with respect to any pipeline easement:
(1) Build, erect, or create a structure or improvement within the pipeline easement or permit the building, erection, or creation thereof.
(2) Build, erect, or create a structure, fence, wall, or obstruction adjacent to any pipeline easement which would prevent complete and unimpaired surface access to the easement, or permit the building, erection, or creation thereof.
(b) No shrubbery or shielding shall be installed on the pipeline easement which would impair aerial observation of the pipeline easement. This subdivision does not prevent the revegetation of any landscape disturbed within a pipeline easement as a result of constructing the pipeline and does not prevent the holder of the underlying fee interest or the holder’s tenant from planting and harvesting seasonal agricultural crops on a pipeline easement.
(c) This section does not prohibit a pipeline operator from performing any necessary activities within a pipeline easement, including, but not limited to, the construction, replacement, relocation, repair, or operation of the pipeline.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1401, Sec. 5.
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