Public Utilities Code section 6459

Every resettlement franchise shall provide that the grantee shall surrender the franchises or rights, owned or claimed by the grantee, to occupy such portion of the roads, streets, highways, avenues, boulevards, lanes, alleys, courts, places, and pathways as it is proposed that the street, suburban, or interurban railroad shall thereafter occupy under the provisions of the resettlement franchise, and that the grantee shall accept in lieu thereof the rights and privileges granted by the resettlement franchise as a franchise for the continued operation of the street, suburban, or interurban railroad within the limits of the city or city and county or such portion thereof as had theretofore been operated under the franchise or franchises surrendered.

Source: Section 6459, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=6459.­ (accessed May 4, 2025).

Last Updated

Apr. 24, 2025

§ 6459’s source at ca​.gov