Pub. Util. Code, § 12818 · Article 5. Utility Works and Service
Pub. Util. Code, § 12818
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) No publicly owned utility shall commence the distribution or sale of water for municipal, domestic, industrial or similar purposes for, on, or to, any land within a district already engaged in similar distribution or sale of water and which land is already subject to the lien of a general obligation bonded indebtedness of the district for these purposes. However, a publicly owned utility may commence to provide the service to the land, otherwise prohibited, upon either of the following conditions:
(1) If the board of directors of the district shall by resolution permit the service.
(2) In any portion of the district proposed to be served by the publicly owned utility in which the total number of registered voters residing therein exceeds 200, and in which at least two-thirds of the voters shall have voted at a special district election to permit the service. The election shall be called and held as an initiative measure pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
(b) As used in this section, “district” shall mean only a municipal utility district.
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History
Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 923, Sec. 185. Effective January 1, 1995.
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