CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1699Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 22, 2019 An act to add Section 2898 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1699, as introduced, Levine. Telecommunications: public safety customer accounts: states of emergency.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers premises to have backup electricity to enable telecommunications networks to function, and to enable customers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systems have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California.This bill would prohibit a telecommunications service provider from throttling or otherwise failing to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 2898 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1699Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 22, 2019 An act to add Section 2898 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1699, as introduced, Levine. Telecommunications: public safety customer accounts: states of emergency.Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers premises to have backup electricity to enable telecommunications networks to function, and to enable customers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systems have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California.This bill would prohibit a telecommunications service provider from throttling or otherwise failing to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1699
Introduced by Assembly Member LevineFebruary 22, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Levine
February 22, 2019
An act to add Section 2898 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1699, as introduced, Levine. Telecommunications: public safety customer accounts: states of emergency.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers premises to have backup electricity to enable telecommunications networks to function, and to enable customers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systems have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California.This bill would prohibit a telecommunications service provider from throttling or otherwise failing to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers premises to have backup electricity to enable telecommunications networks to function, and to enable customers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systems have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California.
This bill would prohibit a telecommunications service provider from throttling or otherwise failing to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 2898 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 2898 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.
SECTION 1. Section 2898 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.
2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.
2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.
2898. A telecommunications service provider shall not throttle or otherwise fail to provide adequate or necessary telecommunications service to its public safety customer accounts during a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by an official, board, or other governing body vested with authority to make such a declaration in any city, county, or city and county.