(a) The department may contract with an electrical corporation or its successor in the performance of related service, as an agent of the department, to provide billing, collection, and other related services on terms and conditions that reasonably compensate the electrical corporation or its successor for its services, and adequately secure payment to the department.

(b) At the request of the department, the commission shall order an electrical corporation or its successor to perform the duties pursuant to a contract described in subdivision (a).

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Terms Used In California Water Code 80520

  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See California Water Code 80506
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Electrical corporation: means a large electrical corporation, as defined in §. See California Water Code 80506
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 22. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)

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