SECTIONS 861 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 861

861. (a) As used in this section, "special law water district"
means the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Yuba-Bear River
Basin Authority and, if created by an uncodified special law, any of
the following: a county flood control district, a county flood
control and water district, a county flood control and water
conservation district, a county water conservation and flood control
district, or a county water agency.
(b) Whenever by court order or judgment in an eminent domain
proceeding or by agreement a special law water district is required
to relocate any improvements of a public utility, if the special law
water district and the public utility fail to agree as to the
character or location of the new improvements to be relocated by the
special law water district, the character and location of such new
improvements and any other controversy relating thereto shall be
submitted to and determined by the Public Utilities Commission in the
manner prescribed in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1201).