Pub. Util. Code, § 7953 · Chapter 4. Injury to Public Utility Property
Pub. Util. Code, § 7953
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No telegraph, telephone, electrical or gas corporation can recover damages for the breaking, injury or destruction of any underwater cable or gas pipeline, unless the corporation has previously placed a marker on the bank of the waters under which the cable or pipeline is placed, indicating the place where the cable or pipeline lies.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 709.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=7953.
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