US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  61
                          PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
                                  CHAPTER 1
                           PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW --
                         APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS
    61-129.  PUBLIC UTILITY. The term "public utility" when used in this act
includes every common carrier, pipe line corporation, gas corporation,
electrical corporation, telephone corporation, water corporation, and
wharfinger, as those terms are defined in this chapter and each thereof is
hereby declared to be a public utility and to be subject to the jurisdiction,
control and regulation of the commission and to the provisions of this act:
provided, that the term "public utility" as used in this act shall cover cases
both where the service is performed and the commodity delivered directly to
the public or some portion thereof, and where the service is performed or the
commodity delivered to any corporation or corporations, or any person or
persons, who in turn, either directly or indirectly or mediately or
immediately, performs the services or delivers such commodity to or for the
public or some portion thereof.