{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"11480","citation":"Pen. Code, § 11480","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006. - 14315.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS [11006. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Prevention and Abatement of Unlawful Activities [11200. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Interruption of Communication [11470. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-3/article-7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 322, Sec. 1.   (AB 1034)   Effective January 1, 2018.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring that California users of any communication service not have that service interrupted, and thereby be deprived of 911 access to emergency services or a means to engage in constitutionally protected expression, is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section <a href=\"/pen/5\">5</a> of Article XI of the California Constitution.</p>","text":"The Legislature finds and declares that ensuring that California users of any communication service not have that service interrupted, and thereby be deprived of 911 access to emergency services or a means to engage in constitutionally protected expression, is a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/interruption-of-communication-11480","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}