BILL NUMBER: AB 604	CHAPTERED  06/22/07

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	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 22, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 22, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 31, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 11, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 17, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Walters

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to add Section 217 to the Probate Code, relating to
deceased persons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 604, Walters. Deceased persons: cancellation of services.
   Existing law places restrictions on businesses under various
circumstances related to, among other things, customer records and
privacy.
   Existing law governs the procedures by which an authorized person,
as defined, may receive a certified copy of a death certificate.
   This bill would prohibit a business that receives a request from a
family member, attorney, or personal representative of a deceased
person to cancel that person's services, as defined, from requiring
an in-person cancellation.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 217 is added to the Probate Code, to read:
   217.  (a) A business that receives an oral or written request from
a family member, attorney, or personal representative of a deceased
person to cancel that person's services may not require an in-person
cancellation.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "services" include, but are not
limited to, gas, electrical, water, sewage, cable, satellite,
telephone, or cellular telephone service.