Bill Text: CA AB2153 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mobile telephony service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Referred to Com. on U. & C. [AB2153 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2153-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2153 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fletcher
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 2890.2 of the Public Utilities Code,
relating to telecommunications.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2153, as introduced, Fletcher. Mobile telephony service.
Existing law requires a provider of mobile telephony services, as
defined, on or before January 1, 2007, to 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.
This bill would delete the requirement that this information be
provided no later than January 1, 2007.
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, as defined
in Section 224.4, 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.
(b) On or before January 1, 2007, 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 text messaging and Internet usage and charges.
(c) Each provider of mobile telephony services shall inform
subscribers at the time service is established of the availability of
the information described in subdivisions (a) and (b) and how it may
be obtained.
