California Code
DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 1 - Railroad Corporations

ARTICLE 1 - Administration and Finance

Section 7503. - 7503. Any person or any corporation formed under the laws...

Section 7505. - 7505. (a) Revenue derived from passenger rail service on the...

Section 7508. - 7508. Subject to the provisions of Part 1 of Division...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 7526. - 7526. Every railroad corporation has all of the following powers:...

Section 7527. - 7527. Every railroad corporation also has all of the following...

Section 7528. - 7528. Every person or corporation authorized to operate a railroad...

Section 7529. - 7529. Railroad corporations doing business in this State and organized...

Section 7530. - 7530. Every railroad corporation in this State shall, within a...

Section 7531. - 7531. If, at any time after the location of the...

Section 7531.5. - 7531.5. Upon receipt by it of an application, filed with...

Section 7533. - 7533. The board of directors of any railroad corporation may...

Section 7535. - 7535. Whenever the track of one railroad intersects or crosses...

Section 7536. - 7536. Whenever the track of a railroad crosses another railroad...

Section 7537. - 7537. The owner of any lands along or through which...

Section 7538. - 7538. At every farm or private grade crossing of a...

ARTICLE 3 - Rights of Way and Franchises

Section 7551. - 7551. Every railroad corporation is granted the right of way...

Section 7551.1. - 7551.1. The Secretary of Transportation may grant to every railroad...

Section 7551.3. - 7551.3. (a) To ensure that a fair and reasonable price...

Section 7552. - 7552. (a) Every railroad corporation is granted the right, subject...

Section 7553. - 7553. When any selection of a right of way, or...

Section 7554. - 7554. If any corporation receiving state lands or appurtenances thereunder...

Section 7555. - 7555. No railroad corporation may use any street, alley, or...

Section 7556. - 7556. The governing body of a county, city and county,...

Section 7556.1. - 7556.1. Notwithstanding Section 7556, to railroad corporations whose primary business...

Section 7557. - 7557. Where any railroad or street railroad tracks are located...

ARTICLE 4 - Conditional Sale of Railroad Equipment

Section 7576. - 7576. In any contract for the sale of railroad or...

Section 7577. - 7577. In any contract for the leasing or hiring of...

Section 7578. - 7578. No contract of the type provided for in this...

ARTICLE 5 - Railroad Equipment

Section 7601. - 7601. Except as provided in Section 7602 every common carrier...

Section 7602. - 7602. Section 7601 does not apply to any track, siding,...

Section 7603. - 7603. Any corporation, company, or person, or any officer, superintendent,...

Section 7604. - 7604. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a...

Section 7605. - 7605. Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, operating...

Section 7606. - 7606. Every steam locomotive used upon a railroad in this...

Section 7607. - 7607. Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, operating...

Section 7608. - 7608. Every railroad company, or the receiver or receivers of...

Section 7609. - 7609. Every railroad company, or the receiver or receivers thereof,...

Section 7610. - 7610. The employee of any railroad company, or the receiver...

Section 7611. - 7611. Any person or any employee of any railroad company,...

Section 7612. - 7612. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator...

Section 7613. - 7613. On and after July 1, 1954, any owner or...

Section 7614. - 7614. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator...

ARTICLE 6 - Fences

Section 7626. - 7626. Every railroad corporation shall make and maintain a good...

Section 7627. - 7627. A railroad corporation that pays to the owner of...

Section 7628. - 7628. The commission may require every railroad corporation operating any...

Section 7629. - 7629. The authority of the commission to require such fences...

Section 7630. - 7630. Upon hearing the commission shall determine whether or not...

Section 7631. - 7631. The failure of any railroad corporation to comply with...

ARTICLE 7 - Operation

Section 7653. - 7653. Every railroad corporation shall furnish, on the inside of...

Section 7654. - 7654. Every railroad corporation shall print and conspicuously post on...

Section 7655. - 7655. A check shall be affixed to every package or...

Section 7656. - 7656. If any passenger refuses to pay his fare, or...

Section 7657. - 7657. Every conductor, baggage master, engineer, brakeman, or other employee...

Section 7658. - 7658. No city or county or city and county ordinance...

Section 7659. - 7659. Notwithstanding any city or county or city and county...

Section 7660. - 7660. The commission, in authorizing any restrictions on the speed...

Section 7661. - 7661. (a) The commission shall require every railroad corporation operating...

Section 7662. - 7662. (a) (1) A railroad corporation shall place appropriate signage...

Section 7663. - 7663. Whenever the Department of the California Highway Patrol or...

ARTICLE 7.3 - Local Community Rail Security Act of 2006

Section 7665. - 7665. (a) This article shall be known, and may be...

Section 7665.1. - 7665.1. Unless the context requires otherwise, for purposes of this...

Section 7665.2. - 7665.2. By July 1, 2007, every operator of rail facilities...

Section 7665.3. - 7665.3. The office may provide the risk assessment provided pursuant...

Section 7665.4. - 7665.4. (a) By January 1, 2008, every rail operator shall...

Section 7665.6. - 7665.6. Every rail operator shall, for all facilities that handle...

Section 7665.8. - 7665.8. Every rail operator shall provide communications capability that can...

Section 7666. - 7666. No rail operator or any other person covered by...

Section 7667. - 7667. The provisions of this article are severable. If any...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Hazardous Materials Transportation by Rail

Section 7671. - 7671. The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of...

Section 7672. - 7672. For purposes of this article, “hazardous material” means either...

Section 7672.5. - 7672.5. Any railroad corporation which is involved in an incident...

Section 7673. - 7673. Each railroad corporation which transports hazardous materials in the...

ARTICLE 8 - Crimes

Section 7676. - 7676. Every person who, in making up or running any...

Section 7677. - 7677. No person, firm, or corporation operating a railroad with...

Section 7677.1. - 7677.1. Radio or other means of communication not hereinabove referred...

Section 7678. - 7678. Except as provided in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive,...

Section 7679. - 7679. Any person employed upon any railroad as engineer, conductor,...

Section 7680. - 7680. Every conductor, engineer, brakeman, switchman, or other person having...

Section 7681. - 7681. Every engineer, conductor, brakeman, switch-tender, or other officer, agent,...

ARTICLE 9 - Rail Service Assistance

Section 7700. - 7700. By Section 803 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory...

Section 7701. - 7701. The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the commission...

Section 7702. - 7702. The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the commission...

Section 7703. - 7703. The Department of Transportation shall administer a program of...

Section 7704. - 7704. To the maximum extent permitted by federal law, rules,...

Section 7705. - 7705. The Governor, the Secretary of the Business and Transportation...

ARTICLE 10 - Railroad Safety and Emergency Planning and Response

Section 7710. - 7710. For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 7711.1. - 7711.1. The commission shall collect and analyze near-miss data generated...

Section 7712. - 7712. On or before January 1, 1993, the commission shall...

Section 7713. - 7713. (a) The Rail Accident Prevention and Response Fund is...

Section 7714. - 7714. (a) The Hazardous Spill Prevention Account in the Railroad...

Section 7714.5. - 7714.5. (a) In accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section...

Section 7718. - 7718. (a) The Railroad Accident Prevention and Immediate Deployment Force...

Section 7720. - 7720. (a) (1) When an appropriate prosecuting agency determines that...

Section 7721. - 7721. Every civil action commenced pursuant to this article for...

Section 7722. - 7722. Any civil action brought in the superior court pursuant...

Section 7723. - 7723. The civil and criminal penalties provided in this article...

Section 7724. - 7724. (a) Any person who commits any of the following...

Section 7724.1. - 7724.1. (a) If a person reasonably, and in good faith,...

Section 7724.5. - 7724.5. (a) Any person who commits any of the acts...

Section 7725. - 7725. Twenty-five percent of penalties and fines collected pursuant to...

Section 7726. - 7726. (a) When the secretary or the commission determines that...

Section 7727. - 7727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this chapter shall...