California Public Utilities Code

§ 2898

PUC § 2898 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, upon receiving a request pursuant to subdivision (b), the mobile internet service provider shall not impair or degrade the lawful internet traffic of a first response agency’s identified account until the earlier of either the time when the account is no longer being used by the agency in response to the emergency or the end of the emergency, subject to reasonable network management.

(b)(1) A first response agency may submit a request to a mobile internet service provider to not impair or degrade the lawful internet traffic of an account used by the agency in response to an emergency. As part of the request, the first response agency shall identify the account number and lines for the mobile internet service provider.

(2)A first response agency that submits a request pursuant to paragraph (1) shall notify the mobile internet service provider upon the account no longer being used by the agency in response to the emergency.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 255. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.