Bill Text: MA H272 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Cellular telephone service contracts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-26 - Read second and ordered to a third reading [H272 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H272-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
William Lantigua
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to cellular telephone service.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
William Lantigua |
16th Essex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 268 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to cellular telephone service.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 159 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 12E the following section:--
Section 12F. A mobile radio utility system providing cellular telephone services under a contract to a customer who loses such telephone, or seeks to otherwise replace it, shall not upon replacing such telephone change the terms of the existing contract including the length thereof, except at the customer’s request.