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2011 California Code
Public Utilities Code
DIVISION 3. PUBLIC UTILITY FRANCHISES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS [6001 - 6467]
ARTICLE 3. Scope of Franchise
Section 6262
CA Pub Util Code § 6262 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
No franchise granted under this chapter in any way impairs or affects the right of the granting municipality to acquire the property of the grantee by purchase or condemnation, and nothing contained in such a franchise shall be construed to contract away, modify or abridge either for a term or in perpetuity the municipality s right of eminent domain in respect to any public utility.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
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