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§ 1235.193.Electric, Gas Or Water Utility Property

Title 7. Eminent Domain Law · Chapter 2. Principles of Construction; Definitions · Article 2. Words and Phrases Defined · Enacted 1992 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 29, 2026

In one sentenceSection 1235.193 defines "electric, gas, or water public utility property" as property appropriated to a public use by a utility that meets the Public Utilities Code's own definitions of an electric, gas, or water corporation.

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"Electric, gas, or water public utility property" means property appropriated to a public use by a public utility, as defined in Section 218, 222, or 241 of the Public Utilities Code.

Plain-English Summary

This definition works by cross-reference rather than by spelling out its own criteria. "Electric, gas, or water public utility property" means property appropriated to a public use by a public utility -- but which utilities qualify is determined by Public Utilities Code §§ 218, 222, and 241, which respectively define electrical, gas, and water corporations for regulatory purposes.

Folding an outside code's definitions into this title, rather than restating them, keeps the two bodies of law in sync -- if the Public Utilities Code's own definition of a water corporation changes, this section's reach changes with it automatically, the same way § 1235.030 makes references to other statutes track later amendments without needing separate updates.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this section decide which utilities' property qualifies?

By cross-reference to Public Utilities Code §§ 218, 222, and 241, which define electrical, gas, and water corporations respectively.

Why would this term matter in an eminent domain proceeding?

It identifies property that's already appropriated to a public use by a regulated utility, which is relevant wherever this title treats taking property already devoted to public use differently from taking property that isn't.

Amendment History

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 812, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.

Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature. Last verified July 29, 2026. · Official source
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