SECTIONS 885-887 - California Statutes

PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE

SECTION 885-887

885. (a) Any entity offering the services of telephone prepaid
debit cards is subject to the registration requirements of Section
1013, commencing January 1, 1999, unless that entity is certificated
by the commission to provide telephone service. An entity subject to
this requirement includes any of the following:
(1) An entity that is an underlying interexchange carrier and
offers and administers the services of telephone prepaid debit cards.
(2) An entity that purchases bulk time from an underlying
interexchange carrier and thereby offers and administers the services
of telephone prepaid debit cards (that is, the entity repackages and
resells the time as prepaid debit cards).
(b) Resellers of telephone prepaid debit cards who do not engage
in any of the activities described in subdivision (a) are not subject
to the registration requirement imposed by subdivision (a).
Resellers that are not subject to the registration requirement
imposed by subdivision (a) include both of the following:
(1) Retailers who only provide a marketing venue for telephone
prepaid debit cards.
(2) Entities that only print information on telephone prepaid
debit cards.
(c) Telephone prepaid debit cards offered in a promotional manner
or gratis shall not subject the provider to the registration
requirement imposed by subdivision (a), unless the cards are issued
in conjunction with the sale of related goods or services.
(d) The commission shall maintain a list of certificated
interexchange carriers and shall supply that information upon
request.

886. Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do
so, or entities that are denied registration by the commission, shall
not offer the services of telephone prepaid debit cards. Entities
that are required to register, but have failed to do so, and entities
denied registration that offer telephone prepaid debit cards shall
be subject to fines or other sanctions that may be ordered by the
commission.

887. The commission may enforce the standards and requirements of
Section 17538.9 of the Business and Professions Code.