Public Utilities Code - PUC
DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201 - 3297]
( Division 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201 - 2120]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) CHAPTER 4. Regulation of Public Utilities [701 - 939.5]
( Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764. ) ARTICLE 8. Universal Telephone Service [871 - 884.5]
( Article 8 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 163, Sec. 2. ) 876.
The commission shall require every telephone corporation providing telephone service within a service area to file a schedule of rates and charges providing a class of lifeline telephone service. Every telephone corporation providing service within a service area shall inform all eligible subscribers of the availability of lifeline telephone service, and how they may qualify for and obtain service, and shall accept applications for lifeline telephone service according to procedures specified by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 354, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993.)