Harbors and Navigation Code section 6861

Any grant of a franchise or lease of property of the district shall not be for a longer period than 50 years. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, a district may grant to any common carrier by rail a franchise to operate equipment over any belt railroad, or part thereof, of the district for so long as the district shall own such railroad, and such franchise need not provide for readjustment of compensation therefor during its term.

Source: Section 6861, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=6861. (updated Jan. 1, 1958; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_6861

Original Source: Section 6861, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=6861. (last accessed May 12, 2025).