Joan Buchanan
- Democratic
Author
(1) Existing law, the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishes a program of cooperative federalism for the regulation of telecommunications to attain the goal of local competition, while implementing specific, predictable, and sufficient federal and state mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service, consistent with certain universal service principles. Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to supervise and regulate every public utility in the state, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes 6 funds in the State Treasury through which the state's universal service programs are funded. Under existing law, moneys in the funds may only be expended for specified purposes and upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation. This bill would require the commission to require interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers to collect and remit surcharges on their California intrastate revenues in support of the universal service funds. (2) 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 685, Statutes of 2011.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2077.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 11).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1704.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
Measure version as amended on May 11 corrected.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 9).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB841 | HTML |
| 02/17/11 - Introduced | |
| 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/05/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/11/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/23/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/11 - Enrolled | |
| 10/09/11 - Chaptered |
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