California Senate Bill SB1089 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1089INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Cedillo FEBRUARY 17, 2010 An act to amend Section 53088.7 of the Government Code, relating to cable television. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1089, as introduced, Cedillo. Video Customer Service Act: fees. Existing law authorizes a video provider, as defined, to charge a collection fee of not more than $10, in addition to an authorized delinquency fee, in a cable television customer service transaction if the service provider sends an employee or contractor to the customer's residence in order to collect payment or disconnect service, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 53088.7 of the Government Code is amended to read: 53088.7. Notwithstanding Section 53088.2, a delinquency fee charged in a cable television transaction  which   that  is not in excess of four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) and  which   that  is imposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 53088.6 shall be valid. The delinquency fee may not exceed four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75), unless the Federal Communications Commission expressly requires late fees to be fully included when setting benchmark rates applicable to a cable television operator. If this requirement is imposed by the Federal Communications Commission, then the maximum delinquency fee charged by the cable television provider shall be 11/2 percent of the delinquent amount in the relevant franchise areas for as long as late fees are fully included in benchmark rates. (b) A collection fee  which   that  is not  in excess of   more than  ten dollars ($10) and is in addition to the delinquency fee shall also be valid in a cable television consumer service transaction if the service provider sends an employee or contractor to the customer's residence in order to collect payment or disconnect service and the fee is imposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 53088.6.