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Pen. Code, § 11476 · Article 7. Interruption of Communication

Pen. Code, § 11476

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) If an order issued pursuant to Section 11473 or a signed statement of intent prepared pursuant to Section 11475 would authorize the interruption of a communication service for all customers of the interrupted communication service within a geographical area, the government entity shall serve the order or statement on the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

(b) The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services shall have policy discretion on whether to request that the federal government authorize and effect the proposed interruption.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 322, Sec. 1. (AB 1034) Effective January 1, 2018.

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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=11476.
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