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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Cortese</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act amend Section 185045 of, and to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520) to Division 19.5 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to high-speed rail.</ns0:Title>
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<html:p>The California High-Speed Rail Act creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state, with specified powers and duties, including the power to acquire rights-of-way through purchase or eminent domain, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would establish a permit program, administered by the authority, for encroachments on the authority’s rights-of-way. The bill would make any person who installs or performs an encroachment within the authority’s right-of-way, without a permit, guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill would also make any person who willfully damages any feature of the high-speed train system or any portion of the authority’s right-of-way guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill would provide for civil penalties for
specified categories of encroachment and, unless authorized by law or an encroachment permit, would make it unlawful to manage water flows in certain ways that impact the high-speed train system or the authority’s right-of-way, as specified. The bill would require all moneys, including moneys from permit fees and civil penalties, collected pursuant to its provisions to be deposited into the High-Speed Rail Property Fund. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, make the penalty moneys available to the authority for use in the development, improvement, and maintenance of the high-speed rail system, and the other moneys available for administering these provisions.</html:p>
<html:p>By creating new crimes, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.</html:p>
<html:p>The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions
establish procedures for making that reimbursement.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 185045 of the
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(a)
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The High-Speed Rail Property Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the deposit of both of the following:
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(1)
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Revenue received from the sale, lease, or grant of any interest in or use of real property owned or managed by the High-Speed Rail Authority.
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(2)
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Moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520).
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(b)
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(1)
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Revenues in the fund described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and revenues in the fund collected from any penalties imposed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520) shall be available to the authority, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for use in the development, improvement, and maintenance of the high-speed rail system, consistent with appropriate uses for each funding source.
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(2)
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Revenues in the fund collected from any fees imposed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520) shall be available to the authority, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the administration of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520), consistent with the appropriate use for each of those
fees.
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Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520) is added to Division 19.5 of the
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<html:p>Unless the provisions or context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Emergency” means a sudden, unexpected occurrence that poses a clear and imminent danger, requiring immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss or impairment of life, health, property, or essential public services.
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(b)
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“Encroachment” means any of the following:
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(1)
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Installation of any tower, pole, pipe, fence, building, structure, sign, billboard, vegetation, object, or improvement of any kind or character not particularly mentioned in this chapter, that is placed in, on, under, or over any portion of the
authority’s right-of-way.
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(2)
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Performance of any activity, event, use, access, or other intrusion of any kind or character not particularly mentioned in this chapter, that occurs in, under, or over any portion of the authority’s right-of-way.
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(c)
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“Encroachment permit” means the authority’s written authorization for a person to install or perform an encroachment within the authority’s right-of-way that is not inconsistent with the function, operation, maintenance, enlargement, rehabilitation, safety, or security of any portion of the authority’s right-of-way or any feature of the high-speed train system.
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(d)
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“High-speed train system” means the high-speed train system described in subdivision (e) of Section 2704.01 of the Streets and Highways Code.
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(e)
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“Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, other business entity, nonprofit organization, utility company, or government entity.
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(f)
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“Right-of-way” means any property interest, including, but not limited to, an easement, license, permit, joint-use agreement, or fee ownership, that is acquired by the authority for high-speed rail purposes.
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(a)
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This chapter shall not limit the powers and duties vested by law in the Public Utilities Commission, and if there is any conflict with regard to the powers and duties given to the authority by this chapter, those of the Public Utilities Commission shall prevail.
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(b)
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This chapter shall not limit the powers and duties vested by federal law in the Federal Railroad Administration or the federal Surface Transportation Board, and if there is any conflict with regard to the powers and duties given to the authority by this chapter, those of the Federal Railroad Administration and the federal Surface Transportation Board shall prevail.
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(a)
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A person shall not install or perform any encroachment within the authority’s right-of-way without first obtaining an encroachment permit from the authority.
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(b)
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Any person who installs or performs an encroachment within the authority’s right-of-way without an encroachment permit from the authority shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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<html:p>No person has any franchise rights within the authority’s right-of-way, and no county, city, or city and county has any right to grant a franchise within the authority’s right-of-way.</html:p>
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(a)
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The authority may issue an encroachment permit, in accordance with this chapter, that authorizes a permittee to install or perform any kind of encroachment that is not inconsistent with the function, operation, maintenance, enlargement, rehabilitation, safety, or security of the high-speed train system or the authority’s right-of-way.
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(b)
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By issuing an encroachment permit, the authority is not responsible for the competence or reliability of the permittee or the encroachment.
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(a)
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Any person proposing to install or perform an encroachment within the authority’s right-of-way shall apply to the authority on a form prescribed by the authority, along with all reports, studies, plans, analyses, and other supporting documents as required by the authority.
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(b)
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The authority shall approve or deny an application for an encroachment permit no later than 60 days from the date of receipt of the complete application, as determined by the authority. An application for an encroachment permit is complete when all applicable requirements and statutory requirements, including, but not limited to, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code), have been met. No
later than 30 days from the date on which the application is received, the authority shall determine whether the application is complete.
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(c)
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If the authority denies an application for an encroachment permit, it shall provide reasons for the denial at the time of notifying the applicant of the denial.
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(d)
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The applicant may choose to address the reasons for denial and resubmit a revised encroachment permit application for reconsideration by the authority. The authority shall approve or deny a resubmitted application no later than 60 days from the date of receipt of a complete resubmitted application addressing all the reasons of denial.
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(e)
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If the applicant cannot complete the encroachment project design without the authority’s involvement and support, the authority may support the applicant with the project
development, notwithstanding the timelines and requirements set forth in subdivision (b). The authority may establish the processes and requirements for those projects, as appropriate. The applicant shall reimburse the authority for all the costs expended by the authority in accordance with the authority’s fee schedule established pursuant to Section 185529.
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(f)
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An appeal of a denial of an encroachment permit application shall be made in writing to the authority’s executive director or the designee of the executive director. There shall be a final written determination by the executive director or designee of the executive director within 60 calendar days after receipt of the applicant’s written appeal. The appellant shall pay to the authority a fee of not more than 50 percent of the estimated administrative cost to the authority for conducting the appeal.
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(g)
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Nothing in this
chapter precludes an applicant and the authority from mutually agreeing to an extension of any time limit provided by this section.
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<html:p>The authority may adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations that provide for the filing of an application for an encroachment permit, related administrative review and inspection, the imposition of fees, the terms and conditions of encroachment permits, an administrative appeal process, and a process for administrative review and regulation of existing encroachments in accordance with this chapter.</html:p>
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(a)
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Any act performed under the authority of an encroachment permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter and the terms and conditions of the encroachment permit.
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(b)
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The authority may prescribe requirements in the encroachment permit, including a requirement that the permittee pay the entire expense of restoring the portions of the authority’s right-of-way or features of the high-speed train system affected by a permittee’s encroachment to a condition equivalent to that before the encroachment was installed or performed, and requirements relating to the location and manner in which the restoration work shall be performed, as determined by the authority to be necessary for the
function, operation, maintenance, and protection of the high-speed train system, including protecting the health and safety of the passengers or workers of the high-speed rail.
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(c)
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An encroachment permit shall include a provision that requires the permittee to relocate or remove the encroachment if the encroachment is deemed by the authority to impact high-speed train system operations, safety, or maintenance at any point of time or if future repair, rehabilitation, or improvement of the high-speed train system requires the relocation or removal of that encroachment, at the sole expense of the permittee.
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(d)
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(1)
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Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the authority and permittee, an encroachment permit shall be revocable and nontransferable and may only be modified or transferred with written approval of the authority.
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(2)
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An encroachment shall be removed upon the revocation of the applicable encroachment permit. The permittee shall remove the encroachment in the manner as may be specified by the authority in the notice revoking the encroachment permit and within the time specified by the authority, which time shall not be less than five days, unless the revoked encroachment permit otherwise provides.
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(e)
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The authority may inspect the work performed under any encroachment permit issued under this chapter, in which event the permittee shall pay the cost of that inspection to the authority at the authority’s hourly rate, as determined by the authority.
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(f)
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Before issuing an encroachment permit, the authority may require any applicant, other than a county, city, city and county, or public agency that is authorized by law to establish and
maintain any works or facilities within the authority’s right-of-way, to file with the authority a satisfactory bond payable to the authority in an amount that the authority determines to be sufficient, conditioned on the proper compliance by the permittee with this chapter. The authority may require a bond, in an amount that the authority determines to be sufficient, from a county, city, city and county, or public agency that, before submitting an encroachment permit application, failed to comply with this chapter or with the conditions of a previous encroachment permit.
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(g)
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Before issuing or executing an encroachment permit, the authority may require any applicant to provide proof of insurance naming the authority, its directors, and its employees as additional insureds in an amount reasonably necessary to protect the state’s interest.
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<html:p>Except as otherwise provided in a written agreement between the authority and a landowner or predecessor in interest, any person possessing a real property interest over a portion of the authority’s right-of-way shall be required to obtain an encroachment permit before commencing any activity within the authority’s right-of-way. The authority may waive the fee for obtaining an encroachment permit described in this section.</html:p>
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<html:p>The authority may establish a fee schedule and charge fees in accordance with this chapter, except that a fee shall not be charged by the authority pursuant to this chapter to any public corporation. The fee schedule established by the authority shall not produce a total estimated revenue more than the estimated total cost to the authority for administering the provisions of this chapter, excluding the cost of issuing permits exempted by statute or regulation from the payment of fees. Funds from fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into the High-Speed Rail Property Fund established pursuant to Section 185045.</html:p>
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(a)
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Except as authorized by the authority and agreed to in writing between the authority and a person, as provided by Section 185524, the authority may require the removal of an encroachment in the manner provided in this section if the encroachment exists within the authority’s right-of-way.
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(b)
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(1)
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Except as provided in subdivision (e), notice shall be given to the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment, or to any other person causing or permitting the encroachment to exist, by serving a notice that includes a demand for the immediate removal of the encroachment from the authority’s right-of-way. The notice shall describe the encroachment with reasonable certainty as to its character and
location.
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(2)
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In lieu of service upon the person, service of the notice may also be made by registered mail, express mail, overnight delivery, or facsimile transmission. Electronic service, by either electronic transmission or electronic notification, of the notice may be made if service of the notice is also made by mail and posting for a period of five days followed by notification by express mail, overnight delivery, or facsimile transmission. Electronic service of any notice made pursuant to this chapter is deemed complete at the time of the electronic transmission of the document or at the time that the electronic notification of service of the document is sent.
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(3)
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If an owner, occupant, or person in possession of an encroachment is not present in the county in which the encroachment is located, the notice may be given to an agent of the owner, occupant, or possessor of the
encroachment.
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(c)
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The authority may remove from the authority’s right-of way any encroachment that meets both of the following criteria:
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(1)
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Not later than 60 days from the date on which a notice was given pursuant to subdivision (b), the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment has not asserted a right to be in possession consistent with Section 185528, and has not removed, or commenced to remove in a diligent manner, the encroachment.
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(2)
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The encroachment obstructs, threatens, or prevents the proper operation, maintenance, or rehabilitation of the high-speed train system, or threatens the safety or health of the passengers or workers of the high-speed rail.
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(d)
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The authority may immediately remove from the authority’s right-of-way
any encroachment that meets both of the following criteria:
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(1)
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Not later than three days from the date on which a notice is served pursuant to subdivision (b), the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment has not asserted a right to be in possession consistent with Section 185528, and has not removed, or commenced removing in a diligent manner, the encroachment.
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(2)
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The encroachment poses an imminent threat to the integrity of one or more features of the high-speed train system, or to the safety and health of the passengers and workers of the high-speed rail.
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(e)
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In the case of an emergency, the authority may take any action necessary to avert, alleviate, repair, or mitigate any threat to the high-speed train system, including the passengers or workers of the high-speed rail.
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(f)
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If the authority removes any encroachment upon the failure of the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment to comply with the notice given pursuant to this section, the authority may recover the expense of the removal, costs and expenses of suit, including attorney’s fees, and, in addition, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day the encroachment remains after the expiration of the applicable response period described in subdivision (c) or (d).
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(g)
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If the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment, or person causing or suffering the encroachment to exist, or the agent of any of these parties, disputes or denies the existence of the encroachment or asserts a right to be in possession consistent with Section 185528, the authority may commence, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action to abate the encroachment as a public
nuisance. If judgment is recovered by the authority, it may, in addition to having the encroachment adjudged a nuisance and abated, recover five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day the encroachment remains after the expiration of the applicable response period described in subdivision (c) or (d), and may also recover the expense of that removal, and costs and expenses of the suit, including attorney’s fees.
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<html:p>Unless an encroachment is authorized by the authority pursuant to Section 185524, any person owning, controlling, placing, or causing or suffering to exist, any encroachment within the authority’s right-of-way after notice has been served upon the person in the manner provided under Section 185530, is, in addition to any civil liability therefor, guilty of a misdemeanor.</html:p>
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(a)
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Unless a person is otherwise authorized, by law or by an encroachment permit obtained by the person pursuant to Section 185524, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts:
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(1)
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Drain water, or permit water to be drained, from the person’s lands onto the authority’s right-of-way by any means, which results in damage to the high-speed train system or the authority’s right-of-way, except where the water naturally drains onto the authority’s right-of-way.
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(2)
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Obstruct any natural watercourse in a manner that does any of the following:
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(A)
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Prevents, impedes, or restricts the natural flow of
waters from any portion of the authority’s right-of-way into or through the watercourse or high-speed train system’s cross drainage structures.
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(B)
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Causes waters to be impounded within the authority’s right-of-way that damages the high-speed train system or the authority’s right-of-way, except where the water naturally drains onto the authority’s right-of-way.
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(C)
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Causes interference with, or damages or makes hazardous the operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of, the high-speed train system, or threatens the health or safety of the passengers or workers of the high-speed rail.
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(3)
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Store or distribute water for any purpose to permit the water to overflow onto, or saturate by seepage, causing damage to, or to obstruct or damage any feature of the high-speed train system or any portion of the authority’s
right-of-way.
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(b)
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When notice is given by the authority, in the manner provided in Section 185530, to any person permitting a condition to exist, as described in subdivision (a), the person shall immediately cease and discontinue the diversion of waters or shall discontinue and prevent the drainage, seepage, or overflow and shall repair, or pay for the repair of, any damage to the high-speed train system or the authority’s right-of-way. The person to whom the notice is provided may challenge, administratively in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to Section 185526, or in a court of competent jurisdiction, the propriety of the determination by the authority.
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(c)
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If any person is notified pursuant to subdivision (b) and fails, neglects, or refuses to cease and discontinue the diversion, drainage, seepage, or overflow of the waters or to make or pay for the repairs, the
authority may make repairs and perform work as it determines necessary to prevent the further drainage, diversion, overflow, or seepage of the waters. The authority may recover in an action at law, in any court of competent jurisdiction, the amount expended for those repairs and work, and in addition, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each day the drainage, diversion, overflow, or seepage of the waters is permitted to continue, after the service of the notice in the manner specified in this chapter, together with the costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred in the action.
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(a)
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Any person who by any means injures or damages any feature of the high-speed train system or the authority’s right-of-way is liable for necessary repairs, and the authority may recover in an action at law the amount expended for the repairs, together with the costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred in that action.
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(b)
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Any person who willfully damages any feature of the high-speed train system or any portion of the authority’s right-of-way is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(a)
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Any person who by any means, without a permit issued by the authority, digs up, cuts down, destroys, prunes, trims, or otherwise injures any shrub within the authority’s right-of-way shall be liable for a penalty in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each shrub so damaged. The authority, in the name of the people of the State of California, may recover the penalty in an action at law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, together with the costs and expenses, including attorney’s and expert fees, incurred in the action and the actual costs incurred because of the damage to any shrub on the authority’s right-of-way.
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(b)
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The authority, in the name of the people of the State of California, may bring an action in a court of
competent jurisdiction, and recover damages, pursuant to Section 3346 of the Civil Code and Section 733 of the Code of Civil Procedure for an injury to, or removal of, a tree on the authority’s right-of-way. In an action brought pursuant to Section 3346 of the Civil Code or Section 733 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the authority may also recover costs and expenses, including attorney’s and expert fees, incurred in the action.
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<html:p>Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code.</html:p>
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<html:p>All moneys recovered under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited into the High-Speed Rail Property Fund established pursuant to Section 185045.</html:p>
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<html:p>The procedures and remedies provided in this chapter are not exclusive and shall not prohibit the authority from exercising any other remedy provided by law to prevent damage to, or to protect, the high-speed train system, including the health and safety of the passengers and workers of the high-speed rail and the authority’s right-of-way.</html:p>
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<html:p>The Department of the California Highway Patrol and all peace officers from local law enforcement agencies may enforce the provisions of this chapter with respect to the areas of the authority’s right-of-way under their respective jurisdiction and shall cooperate with the authority to that end.</html:p>
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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII
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B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII
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B of the California Constitution.
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