BILL NUMBER: SB 1089	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to amend Section 53088.7 of the Government Code, relating
to cable television.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1089, as introduced, Cedillo. Video Customer Service Act: fees.

   Existing law authorizes a video provider, as defined, to charge a
collection fee of not more than $10, in addition to an authorized
delinquency fee, in a cable television customer service transaction
if the service provider sends an employee or contractor to the
customer's residence in order to collect payment or disconnect
service, as specified.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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 53088.7 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   53088.7.  Notwithstanding Section 53088.2, a delinquency fee
charged in a cable television transaction  which 
 that  is not in excess of four dollars and seventy-five
cents ($4.75) and  which   that  is imposed
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 53088.6 shall
be valid. The delinquency fee may not exceed four dollars and
seventy-five cents ($4.75), unless the Federal Communications
Commission expressly requires late fees to be fully included when
setting benchmark rates applicable to a cable television operator. If
this requirement is imposed by the Federal Communications
Commission, then the maximum delinquency fee charged by the cable
television provider shall be 11/2 percent of the delinquent amount in
the relevant franchise areas for as long as late fees are fully
included in benchmark rates.
   (b) A collection fee  which   that  is
not  in excess of   more than  ten dollars
($10) and is in addition to the delinquency fee shall also be valid
in a cable television consumer service transaction if the service
provider sends an employee or contractor to the customer's residence
in order to collect payment or disconnect service and the fee is
imposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
53088.6.