BILL NUMBER: SB 1903	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator O'Connell

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2002

   An act to add Section 2890.2 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to telecommunications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1903, as introduced, O'Connell.  Commercial mobile radio
service providers: subscriber protection.

   Existing law requires any person, corporation, or billing agent
that charges subscribers for products or services on a telephone bill
to, among other things, include in the telephone bill the amount
being charged for each product or service, including any taxes or
surcharges, and a clear and concise description of the service or
product.
   This bill would require a provider of commercial mobile radio
service, as defined, to provide subscribers with a means by which a
subscriber can obtain current information on the subscriber's calling
plan or plans and service usage.  The bill would require the
commission to adopt regulations to implement this provision.
   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 2890.2 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   2890.2.  (a) A provider of commercial mobile radio service, as
defined in Section 2892, shall provide subscribers with a means by
which a subscriber can obtain current information on the subscriber's
calling plan or plans and service usage.
   (b) The commission shall adopt regulations, as it determines to be
necessary, to implement the requirement in subdivision (a).