Section 5950 Of Division 2.5. The Digital Infrastructure And Video Competition Act Of 2006 From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 2.5.
5950
. The commission shall not permit a telephone corporation that
is providing video service directly or through its affiliates
pursuant to a state-issued franchise as an incumbent local exchange
carrier to increase rates for residential, primary line, basic
telephone service above the rate as of July 1, 2006, until January 1,
2009, unless that telephone corporation is regulated under rate of
return regulation. However, the commission may allow rate increases
to reflect increases in inflation as shown in the Consumer Price
Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This section does
not affect the authority of the commission to authorize an increase
in rates for basic telephone service that is bundled with other
services and priced as a bundle. Nothing in this section is intended
to prohibit implementation of commission decision D. 06-04-071 to the
extent it has not been implemented prior to July 1, 2006.