California Public Utilities Code ARTICLE 8 - Universal Telephone Service

• Section 871.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 163, Sec. 2. Effective July...
• Section 871.5.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The offering of high-quality basic telephone service at affordable rates to the greatest number of citizens has...
• Section 871.7.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act, enacted in 1987, was intended to offer high quality basic telephone...
• Section 872.
  As used in this article, “household” means a residential dwelling that is the principal place of residence of the lifeline telephone service subscriber, and excludes...
• Section 873.
  (a) The commission shall annually do all of the following:(1) Designate a class of lifeline service necessary to meet minimum communications needs.(2) Set the rates and charges for...
• Section 874.
  The lifeline telephone service rates and charges shall be as follows:(a) In a residential subscriber’s service area where measured service is not available, the lifeline telephone...
• Section 875.
  (a) In addition to Section 874, every lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be given an allowance, reduced by the amount of any credit or allowance authorized...
• Section 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...
• Section 877.
  Nothing in this article precludes the commission from changing any rate established pursuant to Section 873, either specifically or pursuant to any general restructuring of...
• Section 878.
  A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at his or her principal place of residence,...
• Section 878.5.
  The commission shall adopt a portability freeze rule for the lifeline program by January 15, 2017. The commission shall consider including all of the following...
• Section 879.
  (a) The commission shall, at least annually, initiate a proceeding to set rates for lifeline telephone service. All telephone corporations providing lifeline telephone service shall annually...
• Section 879.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 879, the commission shall issue its initial order adopting required rates and funding requirements not later than October 31, 1987, and prior to...
• Section 880.
  The commission may determine any question of fact in its administration of this article.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 163, Sec. 2. Effective July 16, 1987.)
• Section 882.
  (a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as practicable, open a proceeding or proceedings to, or as part of existing proceedings shall, consider ways to...
• Section 883.
  (a) The commission shall, on or before February 1, 2001, issue an order initiating an investigation and opening a proceeding to examine the current and future...
• Section 884.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any program administered by the commission that addresses the inequality of access to high-speed broadband services by...
• Section 884.5.
  (a) This section shall apply to all customers eligible to receive discounts for telecommunications services under the federal Universal Service E-rate program administered by the Schools...

Last modified: October 22, 2018