BILL NUMBER: AB 909	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Reyes

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act to add  Section 2898 to   and repeal
Section 2898 of  the Public Utilities Code, relating to
telecommunications.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 909, as amended, Reyes.  Telecommunications  :  local and
long-distance service  .
   Existing law empowers the Public Utilities Commission to regulate
telecommunications services.  The Telecommunications Customer Service
Act of 1993 requires the commission to require telephone
corporations to provide certain customer services to
telecommunications customers, and authorizes the commission to
require telephone corporations to provide additional services.
   This bill  , until January 1, 2007,  would require that
every incumbent local exchange carrier and competitive local exchange
carrier provide  , upon request, to  customers electing to
purchase a service package for both local and long-distance service,
a breakdown separately showing the  estimated  charge for
local telephone service and  the  total monthly 
usage   minutes of use  listed under one telephone
number for long-distance service  , as part of their regular
billings  .  Because violation of an order, decision, rule,
direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime under
existing law, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by
creating a new crime.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The telecommunications industry is evolving towards offering
to consumers various package options, which include local, regional,
and long-distance service.
   (b) Consumers have a right to make intelligent and informed
decisions relative to what telecommunications services they wish to
purchase.
   (c) Consumers are able to make intelligent and informed decisions
relative to what telecommunications services they wish to purchase,
only when they are able to determine how much they are being charged
for local and long distance calling.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2898 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   2898.   (a)  Every incumbent local exchange carrier and
competitive local exchange carrier shall provide,  upon request,
 to customers electing to purchase any service package that
includes both local and long-distance service, a breakdown separately
showing the  estimated  charge for local telephone service
and  total monthly usage   the total monthly
minutes of use  listed under one telephone number for
long-distance service  , as part of their regular billings
 .  
  (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2007,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends that date.

  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.