BILL NUMBER: AB 610	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 610, as amended, Calderon.  Telecommunications: mobile
telephony services.
   Existing law requires a provider of mobile telephony services, as
defined, no later than January 1, 2004, to provide subscribers with a
means by which a subscriber can obtain reasonably current and
available information on the subscriber's calling plan or plans and
service usage, including roaming usage and charges.
   This bill would additionally require that  , on or before
January 1, 2007,  a provider of mobile telephony services
provide subscribers with a means by which a subscriber can obtain
reasonably current and available information  , as determined by
the provider,  on the subscriber's text messaging and Internet
usage and charges.
   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.  Section 2890.2 of the Public Utilities Code is amended
to read:
   2890.2.
   (a) A provider of mobile telephony services shall provide
subscribers with a means by which a subscriber can obtain reasonably
current and available information, as determined by the provider, on
the subscriber's calling plan or plans and service usage, including
roaming usage and charges  and text messaging and Internet
usage and charges.   .  
   (b) On or before January 1, 2007, a provider of mobile telephony
services shall provide subscribers with a means by which a subscriber
can obtain reasonably current and available information, as
determined by the provider, on the subscriber's text messaging and
Internet usage and charges.  
   (b) 
    (c)    Each provider of mobile telephony
services shall inform subscribers at the time service is established
of the availability of the information described in 
subdivision (a)   subdivisions (a) and (b)  and how
it may be obtained.  
   (c) 
    (d)    For purposes of this section, "mobile
telephony services" means commercially available interconnected
mobile phone services that provide access to the public switched
telephone network (PSTN) via mobile communication devices employing
radiowave technology to transmit calls, including cellular
radiotelephone, broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS), and
digital Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR). "Mobile telephony services"
does not include mobile satellite services or mobile data services
used exclusively for the delivery of nonvoice information to a mobile
device.