Telecommunications: Public Utilities Commission: Federal Communications Commission: forbearance petitions.
It became law on Sep 27, 2010.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Sep 27, 2010
What it does
The federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended by 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. The act authorizes an incumbent local exchange carrier, as defined, to file a forbearance petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require the FCC to forbear from applying any regulation or any provision of the act to a telecommunications carrier, as defined, or…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.