California Senate Bill SB1375 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1375INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Price FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 2883 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1375, as introduced, Price. Telephone corporations: residential telephone service: 911 calls. Existing law requires all local telephone corporations, excluding providers of mobile telephony service and mobile satellite telephone service, to the extent permitted by existing technology or facilities, to provide every existing and newly installed residential telephone connection with access to "911" emergency service regardless of whether an account has been established. This bill would instead require local telephone corporations to provide a connection that has the capacity to place a "911" call rather than providing access to "911" emergency service. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2883 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 2883. (a) All local telephone corporations, excluding providers of mobile telephony service and mobile satellite telephone service, as defined in Section 224.4,  shall,  to the extent permitted by existing technology or facilities,  shall  provide every existing and newly installed residential telephone connection with  access to "911" emergency service   a co   nnection that has the capacity to place a "911" call  regardless of whether an account has been established. (b) The commission shall prohibit any corporation from terminating  access to the services   a connection  described in subdivision (a) for nonpayment of any delinquent account or indebtedness owed by the subscriber to the telephone corporation. A subscriber and a telephone corporation may arrange payment schedules to regain full service. (c) The commission shall require telephone corporations to inform subscribers of the availability of the services described in subdivision (a) in a manner determined by the commission. (d) This section shall not be construed to relieve any person of an obligation to pay a debt owed to a telephone corporation. (e)  Nothing in this   This  section  not  shall require a local telephone corporation to provide  "911" access pursuant to this section   connections that have the capacity to place "911" calls  if doing so would preclude providing service to subscribers of residential telephone service.