22475-22478

WATER CODE
SECTION 22475-22478




22475.  There is granted to every district the right to construct
and operate in a manner affording security for life and property
electric light and power lines along, over, under, or upon any road
or across any railway or conduit which the route of the lines
intersects or runs along.



22476.  A district may not construct and operate electric light and
power lines along, over, under, or upon any road within any city
unless permission to do so is granted by the governing body of the
city, which in so doing may impose reasonable conditions upon the
proposed use.



22477.  Permission pursuant to Section 22476 is not necessary where
the road to be used is a convenient part of the route of the lines
and at the time construction of the lines was commenced or the plans
for them were adopted was located in territory not within an
organized city.



22478.  A district constructing lines pursuant to this article shall
restore the road, railway, or conduit intersected to its former
state of usefulness as near as possible.