Telephone corporations: residential telephone service: "911" calls.

(1) Existing law requires all local telephone corporations, excluding providers of mobile telephony service and mobile satellite telephone service, to the extent permitted by existing technology or facilities, to provide every existing and newly installed residential telephone connection with access to "911" emergency service regardless of whether an account has been established. This bill would instead require local telephone corporations to provide every subscriber of tariffed residential basic exchange service, rather than every existing and newly installed residential telephone connection, with access to "911" emergency service. The bill would require a local telephone corporation to provide "911" emergency services for at least 120 days after disconnection of residential basic exchange service for nonpayment, as provided. The bill would authorize a local telephone corporation to disconnect any line in existence on January 1, 2011, providing access to "911" emergency services with no customer account attached for that line, if notice of not less than 90 days prior to disconnection is provided to the last known address of record associated with that line that is being disconnected. (2) Existing law requires telephone corporations to inform subscribers of the availability of "911" emergency service in a manner determined by the Public Utilities Commission. This bill would delete that requirement and instead would require local telephone corporations, if they choose to terminate access to "911" emergency services after 120 days as provided above, to inform residential subscribers, as part of the notice of suspension or disconnection of service for nonpayment, of certain information, including options to avoid suspension or disconnection of service and the availability of "911" emergency service.