Water companies.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law, with certain exceptions, provides that any person, firm, corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system within this State, who sells, leases, rents, or delivers water to any person, firm, corporation, municipality, or any other political subdivision of the State, whether under contract or otherwise, is a public utility, and is subject to the provisions of the Public Utilities Act and to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the above-described provision making every person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system within the state subject to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the commission.