BILL NUMBER: SB 1553	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Battin

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2002

   An act to add Section 2888.1 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to telecommunications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1553, as introduced, Battin.  Telephone services:  extended
area service.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to
regulate telephone corporations.  An existing decision of the
commission prohibits the filing of new complaints to establish new
extended area service routes in the state that allow the extension of
the geographic reach of local toll-free telephone calls.
   This bill would, notwithstanding that decision of the commission,
require the commission to allow the filing of complaint cases seeking
to establish new extended area service routes within the state.
   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 2888.1 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2888.1.  (a) Notwithstanding the commission's Decision Number
98-06-075, the commission shall allow the filing of complaint cases
seeking to establish new extended area service routes within the
state.
   (b) For the purposes of this section,"extended area service" means
telephone service authorized in certain designated communities that
extends the geographic reach of a local toll-free calling area.