Section 779.2 Of Article 3. Equipment, Practices, And Facilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
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. (a) No electrical, gas, heat, telephone, or water
corporation may terminate residential service for nonpayment of any
delinquent account or other indebtedness owed by the customer or
subscriber to any other person or corporation or when the obligation
represented by the delinquent account or other indebtedness was
incurred with a person or corporation other than the electrical, gas,
heat, telephone, or water corporation demanding payment therefor.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a telephone corporation
operating within service areas which furnishes billing services to
the subscribers of a telephone corporation operating between service
areas pursuant to tariffs on file with the commission providing for
the furnishing of those billing services. The commission shall
require that these tariffs also provide for adequate subscriber
notice, review, and appeal procedures prior to any termination of
service for nonpayment of a delinquent account.
(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any privately owned or
publicly owned public utility which collects sanitation or sewerage
charges for a public agency pursuant to agreement under Section
54346.2 of the Government Code or Section 5472.5 of the Health and
Safety Code.