Cal. PUC § 523
This is the official text of Cal. PUC § 523, part of California’s Public Utilities Code — regulates utilities such as electricity, gas, water, and transportation carriers.
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Official statutory text
When approved by the commission, a common carrier may give free or reduced rate transportation between points within this state to:
(a) Its officers, agents, employees, and members of their families.
(b) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation.
(c) Persons injured in accidents or wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons.
(a) Its officers, agents, employees, and members of their families.
(b) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation.
(c) Persons injured in accidents or wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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