Bill Text: HI SB2258 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Cellular Phone Service Contracts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-10 - (S) The committee on EDT deferred the measure. [SB2258 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2258-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 489J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§489J- Cellular phone service contracts; duration. (a) Beginning January 1, 2013, a new contract or a renewal of an existing contract for cellular phone service with a person or entity that is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide facilities-based commercial mobile radio service within the State shall not exceed a period of one year from the time of purchase; provided that the contract may be renewed in one-year increments thereafter.
(b) As used in this section, "cellular phone" includes a portable phone that uses wireless technology to send and receive phone signals."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Cellular Phone Service Contracts
Description:
Limits duration of cellular phone service contracts to one year. Allows renewals thereafter in one-year increments.
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