Senate Bill sb0258

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 258

    By Senator Garcia





    40-352-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to telecommunications service

  3         contracts; creating s. 364.193, F.S.;

  4         prohibiting a telecommunication company that

  5         provides telecommunications services through a

  6         written telecommunications service contract

  7         from extending the contract beyond the initial

  8         contract period because the customer elects to

  9         add or remove telecommunication services from

10         the contract; providing an exception; providing

11         an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Section 364.193, Florida Statutes, is

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17         364.193  Telecommunications service contracts;

18  limitation on extending contracts.--A telecommunications

19  company that provides telecommunications services through a

20  written telecommunications service contract may not extend the

21  length of the contract beyond the initial contract period

22  because the customer elects to add to or remove

23  telecommunication services from the contract. The contract

24  period may be extended when services are added or removed only

25  upon the express agreement of the customer.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 258
    40-352-07




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 3    Prohibits a telecommunication company that provides
      telecommunications services through a written
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      contract beyond the initial contract period because the
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