Section 873 - Annual duties of commission as to lifeline service(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 that service.(3) Develop eligibility criteria for that service.(4) Assess the degree of achievement of universal service, including telephone penetration rates by income, ethnicity, and geography.(b) Minimum communications needs include, but are not limited to, the ability to originate and receive calls and the ability to access electronic information services.Ca. Pub. Util. Code § 873
Amended by Stats 2016 ch 86 (SB 1171),s 265, eff. 1/1/2017.Amended by Stats 2015 ch 612 (SB 697),s 25, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by Stats 2010 ch 381 (AB 2213),s 4, eff. 1/1/2011.