California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 468

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 429, Sec. 1. (AB 560) Effective January 1, 2020.
(a)For purposes of this section, “expense incurred by a public utility in assisting or deterring union organizing” means costs incurred in communicating with employees, or employees of the public utility’s contractors, in an effort to persuade them to join or support, or to not join or support, a labor organization.
(b)Any expense incurred by a public utility in assisting or deterring union organizing shall not be recoverable either directly or indirectly in the public utility’s rates and

shall be borne exclusively by the shareholders of the public utility.

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Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 468 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/puc/division-1-regulation-of-public-utilities/part-1-public-utilities-act/chapter-3-rights-and-obligations-of-public-utilities/article-1-rates/section-468

Other sections in Article 1 - Rates

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