CHAPTER 3.5. Existing Systems [100055. - 100055.4.]

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 3.5.
in effect

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 100055. Section 100055.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, before the VTA may establish any transit service or system that may at any time divert, lessen, or compete for the patronage or revenues of any existing system, the VTA shall give a written notice to the public utility that is operating the existing system. The written notice shall describe the transit service or system which the VTA proposes to establish and shall state the time that the VTA proposes to establish that service or system.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 100055.1. Section 100055.1.

The VTA shall not establish the proposed service or system, or maintain and operate the service or system until it has completed the purchase of the existing system or any part thereof.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 100055.2. Section 100055.2.

Subject to Section 100351, the purchase price to be paid for the existing system, or any portion thereof to be purchased, shall be the reproduction cost new, including going concern value, at the date upon which the VTA commences negotiations for the purchase of the existing system, or the portion of the existing system, less depreciation, including wear, tear, and obsolescence, if any.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 100055.3. Section 100055.3.

The VTA and public utility operating the existing system may agree upon the purchase price or they may agree that the purchase price is to be established by arbitration and upon the method of naming arbitrators and the method of conducting such arbitration.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 100055.4. Section 100055.4.

Section 851 does not apply to any contract for sale or sale of an existing system, or any portion thereof, pursuant to this chapter, and the Public Utilities Commission has no jurisdiction with respect thereto.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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