BILL NUMBER: AB 909	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  565
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 15, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2003
	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 and repeal Section 2898 of the Public Utilities
Code, relating to telecommunications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 909, 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 and without charge, to customers
electing to purchase a service package for both local and
long-distance service, or for customers that buy a set number of
minutes for a fixed price, a breakdown showing the total minutes of
use in the billing period listed under one telephone number for toll
and long-distance service.  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.


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 and without
charge, to customers electing to purchase any service package that
includes both local and long-distance service, or for customers that
buy a set number of minutes for a fixed price, a breakdown showing
the total minutes of use in the billing period listed under one
telephone number for toll and long-distance service.
  (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.