ARTICLE 8. Universal Telephone Service
Article 8 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 163, Sec. 2.
§§ 871–884.5 · 20 sections
- § 871 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.
- § 871.5 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The offering of high-quality basic telephone service at affordable rates to the greatest number of…
- § 871.7 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act, enacted in 1987, was intended to offer high quality…
- § 873 (a) The commission shall annually do all of the following: (1) Designate a class of lifeline service necessary to meet minimum communications needs. (2) Set…
- § 874 The lifeline telephone service rates and charges shall be as follows: (a) In a residential subscriber’s service area where measured service is not available,…
- § 875 (a) In addition to Section 874, every lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be given an allowance, reduced by the amount of any credit or allowance…
- § 876 The commission shall require every telephone corporation providing telephone service within a service area to file a schedule of rates and charges providing a…
- § 876.5 (a) The commission, its staff, the lifeline program’s third-party administrator, and lifeline service providers, and their contractors, agents, successors, or…
- § 877 Nothing in this article precludes the commission from changing any rate established pursuant to Section 873, either specifically or pursuant to any general…
- § 878 (a) A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at the subscriber’s principal place…
- § 878.5 The commission shall adopt a portability freeze rule for the lifeline program by January 15, 2017. The commission shall consider including all of the following…
- § 878.6 (a) (1) Before March 1, 2022, the commission shall, as part of an existing proceeding, adopt updated rules for the lifeline program establishing a modified…
- § 879 (a) The commission shall, at least annually, initiate a proceeding to set rates for lifeline telephone service. All telephone corporations providing lifeline…
- § 879.5 Notwithstanding Section 879, the commission shall issue its initial order adopting required rates and funding requirements not later than October 31, 1987, and…
- § 880 The commission may determine any question of fact in its administration of this article.
- § 882 (a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as practicable, open a proceeding or proceedings to, or as part of existing proceedings shall, consider ways…
- § 883 (a) The commission shall, on or before February 1, 2001, issue an order initiating an investigation and opening a proceeding to examine the current and future…
- § 884 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any program administered by the commission that addresses the inequality of access to high-speed broadband…
- § 884.2 The commission may require each internet service provider, as defined in Section 3100 of the Civil Code, to report the following information regarding each…
- § 884.5 (a) This section shall apply to all customers eligible to receive discounts for telecommunications services under the federal Universal Service E-rate program…