BILL NUMBER: AB 701INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Wagner FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act to add Section 14211 to the Penal Code, and to add Section 2890.3 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to missing persons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 701, as introduced, Wagner. Missing persons: mobile telephone location. Existing law declares it the duty of all law enforcement agencies to immediately assist any person who is attempting to make a report of a missing person or runaway. This bill would authorize a peace officer to require a mobile telephony service carrier to provide the location of a mobile communication device, with a global positioning system, where the subscriber for the mobile telephony service has authorized the carrier to provide the requested information to a peace officer, where a missing person report has been filed for an at risk child or elder. Existing law requires a mobile telephony service carrier to provide subscribers with specified services. This bill would require a mobile telephony service carrier to provide subscribers with the option of authorizing the carrier to provide the location of a mobile communication device, with a global positioning system, on the subscriber's calling plan to a peace officer requesting the information, as prescribed. 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 14211 is added to the Penal Code, to read: 14211. (a) A peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 or 830.2, may require a mobile telephony service carrier to provide the location of a mobile communication device, with a global positioning system, where the subscriber for the mobile telephony service has authorized the mobile telephony service carrier to provide the requested information to a peace officer, pursuant to Section 2890.3 of the Public Utilities Code, under any of the following circumstances: (1) A missing person or runaway report has been filed for an at-risk child. (2) A missing person report has been filed for an at-risk elder. (b) For purposes of this section, "elder" is any person described in subdivision (g) of Section 368. SEC. 2. Section 2890.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read: 2890.3. (a) A carrier that provides mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.4, shall provide subscribers with the option of authorizing the carrier to provide the location of a mobile communication device, with a global positioning system, on the subscriber's calling plan to a peace officer requesting the information, pursuant to Section 14211 of the Penal Code. (b) Each mobile telephony service carrier shall inform subscribers, at the time service is established or for current subscribers as an insert in a billing statement, of the availability of the service.