BILL NUMBER: AB 2207	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 779.3 to the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2207, as introduced, Fong. Utilities: termination of services.
   Existing law prohibits an electrical, gas, heat, or water
corporation from terminating residential service for nonpayment of a
delinquent account unless the corporation first gives prescribed
notice of the delinquency and impending termination. Existing law
also prohibits termination in specified situations.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to create a statewide standard for the termination of
household utility service, including electricity and gas, in order to
protect vulnerable populations, as well as to prevent death and
serious injury resulting from utility service termination.
   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 779.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   779.3.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
to create a statewide standard for the termination of residential
utility service, including electricity and gas, in order to protect
vulnerable populations such as the elderly, children, and the
disabled, as well as to prevent death and serious injury resulting
from utility service termination.