Pub. Util. Code, § 2712 · Chapter 2. Water Companies
Pub. Util. Code, § 2712
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“Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section 2701 is not to be construed as authorizing a contract by a person or corporation defined in this chapter as a public utility which in anywise deprives the State or the commission or other competent authority of power to regulate the rates and service of any such public utility.
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History
Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
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