BILL NUMBER: AB 994	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 5, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wright
    (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Strom-Martin) 


                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act relating to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 994, as amended, R. Wright.  Rural telephone cooperatives.
   Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission regulates
public utilities.
   This bill would require the commission to prepare and submit to
the Governor and the Legislature a report on the feasibility of
establishing rural telephone cooperatives  or other alternative
service configurations to promote rural telephone service  in
the state, as prescribed.
   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.  On or before January 1, 2002, the Public Utilities
Commission shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the
Legislature a report on the feasibility of establishing rural
telephone cooperatives  or other alternative service
configuration, or both, to promote rural telephone service  in
the state.  The commission shall include in the report 
recommendations   all of the following:
   (a)  Costs to California ratepayers, telecommunications carriers,
and cooperative members of all feasible alternatives to rural
telephone service.
   (b)  Sources of support for grants, loans, or federal program
moneys and how these sources are currently funded.
   (c)  Recommendations  concerning appropriate legislation.