California Public Utilities Code 878 – (a) A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided …
(a) A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at the subscriber’s principal place of residence, and no other member of that subscriber’s family or household who maintains residence at that place is eligible for lifeline telephone service.
(b) An applicant for lifeline telephone service may report only one address in this state as the principal place of residence.
Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 878
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
- subscription: includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or subscriber's name. See California Public Utilities Code 16
(c) Multiple lifeline telephone service subscribers may maintain the same address if they are not members of the same household.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Adult” means any person 18 years of age or older.
(2) “Economic unit” means all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the income and expenses of a household.
(3) “Household” means any group of individuals, including the subscriber, who are living together at the same address and as one economic unit. A household may include related and unrelated persons. If an adult has no, or minimal, income and lives with someone who provides financial support to that adult, both persons shall be part of the same household. A child under 18 years of age and living with a parent or guardian shall be part of the same household as the parent or guardian.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 765, Sec. 2. (SB 394) Effective January 1, 2022.)