Prohibits providers from imposing a fee for termination or early cancellation of certain service contracts in the event a customer has deceased before the end of such contract.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6485--A
Cal. No. 1074
IN SENATE
January 19, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
providers from imposing a fee for termination or early cancellation of
certain service contracts in the event a customer has deceased before
the end of such contract
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 399-zzzz to read as follows:
3 § 399-zzzz. Prohibition of certain fee charges for termination or
4 early cancellation. 1. Subject to federal law and regulation, no provid-
5 er of telephone, cellular telephone, television, internet, energy, or
6 water services shall impose a fee for termination or early cancellation
7 of a service contract in the event the customer has deceased before the
8 end of such contract.
9 2. Every violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil
10 penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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