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Code · California · Public Utilities Code

§ 6231

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An applicant for a franchise shall file with the legislative body of the municipality in which the franchise is desired an application stating all of the following:
(a)The name of the applicant.
(b)The purpose and term, whether definite or indeterminate, for which the franchise is desired.
(c)That the applicant if granted the franchise will pay to the municipality during the life of the franchise 2 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise, except that this payment shall be not less than 1 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts derived from the sale within the limits of the municipality of the utility service for which the franchise is awarded. If the application is for a franchise complementary to a franchise derived under Section 19 of Article XI of the California Constitution as that section existed prior to its amendment on October 10, 1911, then the applicant shall pay annually, if the application is for an electric franchise, 2 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise, except that this payment shall be not less than one-half of 1 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts from the sale of electricity within the limits of the municipality under both the electric franchises; or, if the application is for a gas, oil pipeline, or water franchise, 2 percent of the applicant’s gross annual receipts arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise, except that this payment shall be not less than 1 percent of the gross annual receipts from the sale of gas or water within the limits of the municipality under both the gas franchises or both the water franchises.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the application is for a franchise for a nonpublic utility pipeline for industrial gas or oil or products thereof, the application shall state that the applicant, if granted the franchise, will pay to the municipality during the life of the franchise either a specified percentage agreed to by the applicant and the municipality of the gross annual receipts of the applicant arising from the use, operation, or possession of the franchise or an annual franchise fee in an amount agreed to by the applicant and the municipality or an annual franchise fee computed by multiplying the sum of one-half cent ($0.005) times the nominal internal diameter of the pipe, expressed in inches, times the number of lineal feet of the pipe within the public streets, ways, alleys, or other public places within the municipality.
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