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Lawmakers and CPUC debate whether to extend, revise or sunset surcharge funding the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program
Summary
The CPUC proposed trailer‑bill language to extend the surcharge that funds the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program; lawmakers and advocates debated whether to handle changes in the budget trailer or in a policy bill and whether to retain a sunset clause.
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 took testimony on the California Public Utilities Commission’s request to extend the surcharge that funds the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and on proposed trailer‑bill language to do so.
Rachel Peterson, executive director of the CPUC, said the request is primarily to extend collection of the 12‑cent per access‑line surcharge that supports the program, and that the commission selected a trailer‑bill vehicle…
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