BILL NUMBER: SB 920	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2010

   An act to add Section 2887 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to telecommunications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 920, as introduced, Yee. Alphabetical telephone directories:
distribution.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations.
Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by
the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission
has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories
(commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included
as part of a telephone corporation's alphabetical telephone
directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires
the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local
exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information
concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone
network.
   This bill would prohibit a telephone corporation from distributing
an alphabetical telephone directory to a subscriber unless that
subscriber affirmatively elects to receive the directory.
   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 2887 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   2887.  A telephone corporation shall not distribute an
alphabetical telephone directory to a subscriber unless that
subscriber affirmatively elects to receive the directory.