CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2369Introduced by Assembly Member Jim PattersonFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add and repeal Section 249 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to communications.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2369, as introduced, Jim Patterson. Broadband: fixed wireless study: Little Hoover Commission.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations.Existing law establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the state government.This bill would require the Little Hoover Commission to conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. The bill would require the Little Hoover Commission, on or before January 1, 2027, to submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 249 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. (b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2369Introduced by Assembly Member Jim PattersonFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add and repeal Section 249 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to communications.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2369, as introduced, Jim Patterson. Broadband: fixed wireless study: Little Hoover Commission.Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations.Existing law establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the state government.This bill would require the Little Hoover Commission to conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. The bill would require the Little Hoover Commission, on or before January 1, 2027, to submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2369
Introduced by Assembly Member Jim PattersonFebruary 12, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Jim Patterson
February 12, 2024
An act to add and repeal Section 249 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to communications.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2369, as introduced, Jim Patterson. Broadband: fixed wireless study: Little Hoover Commission.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations.Existing law establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the state government.This bill would require the Little Hoover Commission to conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. The bill would require the Little Hoover Commission, on or before January 1, 2027, to submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study.
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations.
Existing law establishes the Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service in the transaction of the public business in the various departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the state government.
This bill would require the Little Hoover Commission to conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. The bill would require the Little Hoover Commission, on or before January 1, 2027, to submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 249 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. (b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
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 249 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. (b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
SECTION 1. Section 249 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. (b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. (b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide. (b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.
249. (a) The Milton Marks Little Hoover Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy shall conduct a study on the use of fixed wireless and other technologies to bridge the digital divide.
(b) On or before January 1, 2027, the Little Hoover commission shall submit a report to the Legislature with the commissions recommendations based on the study conducted pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2028.