BILL NUMBER: AB 1814	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Reyes

                        JANUARY 16, 2002

   An act to add Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 22520) to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to Internet
service providers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1814, as introduced, Reyes.  Internet service providers:
notice of service termination.
   Existing law does not require an Internet service provider to
notify a customer of proposed service termination.
   This bill would require an Internet service provider to provide a
minimum of two weeks' advance notice of proposed service termination
to each customer who maintains an account with the provider.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 22 (commencing with Section 22520) is added to
Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 22.  INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

   22520.  An Internet service provider shall provide a minimum of
two weeks' advance notice of proposed service termination when the
termination is not initiated by the customer or the result of
nonpayment by the customer. The notice shall be provided to each
customer who maintains an account with the provider to receive
Internet access through the provider.