CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2512Introduced by Assembly Member Jim PattersonFebruary 13, 2024 An act to amend Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2512, as introduced, Jim Patterson. Telecommunications: universal service programs.Existing law establishes 6 funds in the State Treasury through which the states universal service programs for communications are funded. Existing law requires moneys in the funds to be expended only for specified purposes and only upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this requirement.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 270 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2512Introduced by Assembly Member Jim PattersonFebruary 13, 2024 An act to amend Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2512, as introduced, Jim Patterson. Telecommunications: universal service programs.Existing law establishes 6 funds in the State Treasury through which the states universal service programs for communications are funded. Existing law requires moneys in the funds to be expended only for specified purposes and only upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this requirement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2512
Introduced by Assembly Member Jim PattersonFebruary 13, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Jim Patterson
February 13, 2024
An act to amend Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to telecommunications.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2512, as introduced, Jim Patterson. Telecommunications: universal service programs.
Existing law establishes 6 funds in the State Treasury through which the states universal service programs for communications are funded. Existing law requires moneys in the funds to be expended only for specified purposes and only upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this requirement.
Existing law establishes 6 funds in the State Treasury through which the states universal service programs for communications are funded. Existing law requires moneys in the funds to be expended only for specified purposes and only upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this requirement.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.
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 270 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.
SECTION 1. Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:
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270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.
270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.
270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.
270. (a) The following funds are hereby created in the State Treasury:
(1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund.
(2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund.
(3) The Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund.
(4) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.
(5) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund.
(6) The California Advanced Services Fund.
(b) Moneys in the funds are held in trust and may only shall be expended only pursuant to this chapter and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation.
(c) The commission, in administering the universal service program funds listed in subdivision (a), and in administering state participation in federal universal service programs, is encouraged, consistent with the states universal service policies and goals, to maximize the amount of federal funding to California participants in the federal programs.
(d) Moneys in each fund shall not be appropriated, or in any other manner transferred or otherwise diverted, to any other fund or entity, except as provided in Sections 19325 and 19325.1 of the Education Code and as provided in Section 282.