BILL NUMBER: SB 1601	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2002

   An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 2899) to Chapter
10 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to
telecommunications.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1601, as introduced, Bowen.  Cellular telecommunications
service.
   Existing law empowers the Public Utilities Commission to regulate
telecommunications services and rates of telephone corporations and
to require telephone corporations to provide customer services.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to establish
policies, in subsequent legislation, encouraging higher quality
telecommunications service.
   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.  Article 6 (commencing with Section 2899) is added to
Chapter 10 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, to
read:

      Article 6.  Cellular Telecommunications Service

   2899.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in subsequent
legislation, to establish policies encouraging higher quality
cellular telecommunications service.