V. Manuel Perez
Author
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to supervise and regulate every public utility and do all things necessary and convenient in the exercise of its power and jurisdiction. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury, and requires a surcharge, which is imposed by the commission and collected through retail telecommunications customers' bills, to be deposited in that fund, for the purpose of encouraging the deployment of advanced communications services, as provided in a specified order of the commission. Pursuant to that order, which establishes a program providing matching funds to build broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, eligible applicants for these funds are telephone corporations having a specified certificate from the commission and wireless carriers subject to registration with the commission. This bill would, for the sole purpose of providing matching funds pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, make any entity eligible for funding pursuant to that act eligible to apply for participation in the matching funds program if that entity otherwise satisfies the eligibility requirements under the program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2009.
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 2573.)
(Page 2573.)
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 24).
(Page 2572.)
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 1808.)
Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Read second time. To third reading.
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1108.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21).
(Corrected March 20.)
From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1555 | HTML |
| 03/11/09 - Introduced | |
| 06/29/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/16/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/24/09 - Enrolled | |
| 07/29/09 - Chaptered |
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