Bill Text: CA SB1142 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Electrical and gas corporations: restoration and termination of services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 600, Statutes of 2024. [SB1142 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1142-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
March 18, 2024 |
Introduced by Senator Menjivar |
February 14, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires entities offering the services of telephone prepaid debit cards that are not certificated by the commission to provide telephone service to register with the commission, as specified. Existing law prohibits entities that have failed to register, or that are denied registration, from offering telephone prepaid debit cards, and subjects entities that have failed to register, or that are denied registration, that offer telephone prepaid debit cards to fines or other sanctions, as specified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that prohibition.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 779 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:779.
(a)SEC. 2.
Section 779.1 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:779.1.
(a) Every electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation shall allow every residential customer at least 19 days from the date of mailing its bill for services, postage prepaid, for payment of the charges demanded. A corporation subject to this section shall not terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the corporation first gives notice of the delinquency and impending termination, at least 10 days(1)
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SEC. 3.
Section 779.5 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:779.5.
(a) The decision ofSEC. 4.
Section 779.6 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:779.6.
(a) An electrical or gas corporation shall restore service to a residential customer whose service was previously terminated for nonpayment of delinquent amounts upon the customer entering into an amortization agreement described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 779.SEC. 5.
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.Entities that are required to register, but have failed to register, or entities that are denied registration by the commission, shall not offer the services of telephone prepaid debit cards. Entities that are required to register, but have failed to register, and entities denied registration that offer telephone prepaid debit cards shall be subject to fines or other sanctions that may be ordered by the
commission.