HB 1147

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to telecommunication service contracts;
3	creating s. 364.193, F.S.; prohibiting certain
4	telecommunications service companies, without the express
5	written consent of the customer, from extending the length
6	of a customer's telecommunications contract solely because
7	the customer adds or removes any service, equipment, or
8	phone from the contract; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1.  Section 364.193, Florida Statutes, is created
13	to read:
14	364.193  Telecommunications service contracts.--A
15	telecommunications company, as defined in s. 364.02, or a
16	commercial mobile radio services provider, as defined in 47
17	C.F.R. s. 20.3, which provides telecommunications services and
18	requires as a condition of receiving such services that the
19	customer enter into a written telecommunications service
20	contract may not extend the length of the contract beyond the
21	initial contract period solely because the customer elects to
22	add or remove any service, equipment, or phone from the
23	telecommunications services contract. Any such contract may be
24	extended only upon the express written consent of the customer.
25	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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