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                SENATE ENERGY, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
                                 ALEX PADILLA, CHAIR
          

          SB 1462 -  Padilla                                Hearing Date:   
          April 20, 2010             S
          As Introduced                           Non-FISCAL            B

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                                      DESCRIPTION
          
           Existing law  uses the terms local exchange service provider,  
          local exchange carrier, and local exchange telephone corporation  
          inconsistently and interchangeably.

           This bill  would change all references to local exchange carrier.


                                      BACKGROUND
           
          The CPUC has jurisdiction over any "telephone corporation,"  
          defined as any corporation or person owning, controlling,  
          operating, or managing any telephone line for compensation  
          within the state.  Each telephone corporation is required to  
          obtain from the CPUC a certificate of public convenience and  
          necessity and is subject to some level of CPUC regulation,  
          depending on the type of service provided (local, long distance,  
          wireless, etc.).

          One type of telephone corporation subject to CPUC jurisdiction  
          is a "local exchange carrier," defined as a corporation or  
          person providing service in a defined area through a system of  
          switches, transmission equipment or other facilities by which a  
          subscriber can originate and terminate a telecommunications  
          service and connect to toll service.  In general terms, a local  
          exchange carrier is the company that is required to provide any  
          customer living in that company's service area with landline  
          telephone service sufficient to make local calls and connect to  
          a long distance service provider.













                                       COMMENTS
           
          This bill makes no changes to the substantive law relating to  
          pay-per-use service, changing service providers, or disclosure  
          of information.  This bill is merely a continuation of the  
          Legislature's ongoing effort to make necessary technical  
          corrections in the Public Utilities Code so that service  
          providers and the public have a clear and accurate statement of  
          their rights and obligations under the law.



                                       POSITIONS
           
           Sponsor:
           
          Author

           Support:
           
          None on file.

           Oppose:
           
          None on file.



          Jackie Kinney 
          SB 1462 Analysis
          Hearing Date:  April 20, 2010