The Cal. legislature passed 3 telecom bills and sent them to Gov....
The Cal. legislature passed 3 telecom bills and sent them to Gov. Gray Davis (D). The first (SB-911) would create an appointed 10-member state 911 Advisory Board within the Telecom Div. of the Cal. Dept. of General Services. The…
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board would develop, approve and implement 911 policies of the Cal. Emergency Communications Office, develop training standards for local 911 systems and review all matters relating to the Cal. Emergency Number Account. The 2nd measure (AB-909) would require carriers that provided packages of local and long distance services to itemize usage and charges for each component service separately on phone bills. Carriers also would have to provide customers with usage data for the current month upon request. The 3rd bill (AB-1389) would require the Cal. PUC to compile information about hiring practices of telecom, energy and other utilities to help determine whether utilities operating in the state had employed Cal. residents in proportion to the utilities’ Cal. customer base. The PUC is to collect certain data and report its findings annually to the legislature.