Chapter 5.24 GAS FRANCHISE
Section 5.24.040 Term indeterminate.
The franchise shall be indeterminate, that is to say, the
franchise shall endure in full force and
effect until the same shall, with the consent of the Public Utilities Commission of the state of
California, be voluntarily surrendered or abandoned by grantee, or until the state or some
municipal or public corporation thereunto duly authorized by law shall purchase by voluntary
agreement or shall condemn and take under the power of eminent domain, all property actually
used and useful in the exercise of the franchise and situate in the territorial limits of the state,
municipal or public corporation purchasing or condemning such property, or until the franchise
shall be forfeited for noncompliance with its terms by grantee. (Prior code § 10-27)