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Effective Jan 1, 2018Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 322, Sec. 1. (AB 1034) Effective January 1, 2018.
(a) This article does not apply to any of the following actions:
- (1) The interruption of a communication service with the consent of the affected customer.
- (2) The interruption of a communication service pursuant to a customer service agreement, contract, or tariff.
- (3) The interruption of a communication service to protect the security of the communication network or other computing resources of a government entity or service provider.
- (4) The interruption of a communication service to prevent unauthorized wireless communication by a prisoner in a state or local correctional facility, including a juvenile facility.
- (5) The interruption of a communication service to transmit an emergency notice that includes, but is not limited to, an Amber Alert, a message transmitted through the federal Emergency Alert System, or a message transmitted through the federal Wireless Emergency Alert System.
- (6) An interruption of a communication service pursuant to a statute that expressly authorizes an interruption of a communication service, including Sections 149 and 7099.10 of the Business and Professions Code and Sections 2876, 5322, and 5371.6 of the Public Utilities Code.
- (7) An interruption of communication service that results from the execution of a search warrant.
- (b) Nothing in this section provides authority for an action of a type listed in subdivision (a) or limits any remedy that may be available under law if an action of a type listed in subdivision (a) is taken unlawfully.