California Public Utilities Code

§ 1013

PUC § 1013 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The commission may by rule or order, partially or completely exempt certain telecommunications services offered by telephone and telegraph corporations from the certification requirements of Section 1001 and instead subject them to registration as the commission may determine. Telephone corporations that the commission determines have monopoly power or market power in a relevant market or markets shall have a certificate of public convenience and necessity and shall not be eligible for designation as registered telephone corporations. A telephone corporation that has been found not to have monopoly power or market power in a relevant market or markets by the commission shall be eligible for registration subject to the approval of the commission. A telephone corporation operating in this state shall either have a certificate of public convenience and necessity or be registered under this section or be a telephone corporation authorized to operate in California without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

(b)Registered telephone corporations qualifying under this section shall maintain an active registration with the commission at all times and comply with commission rules and regulations established for registered telephone corporations qualifying under this section.

(c)The registration of registered telephone corporations qualifying under this section shall be on a form prescribed by the commission and shall contain any information the commission may by rule or order require, but shall include as a minimum the name and address of the telephone corporation’s registered agent, if any, the name, address, and title of each officer or director, and a description of the telecommunications services it offers or intends to offer.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 552, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.