Bill Text: MS SB2721 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi Senate Bill 2721 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Cellular phone charges; customer not liable for charges that result from unauthorized use of phone.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2721 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2721-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2010 Regular Session

To: Public Utilities

By: Senator(s) Jones, Jackson (11th), Stone, Jordan, Butler

Senate Bill 2721

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A CUSTOMER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CELLULAR PHONE CHARGES IMPOSED BY A WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER THAT RESULT FROM THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE CUSTOMER'S CELLULAR PHONE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) A customer shall not be liable for cellular phone charges imposed by a wireless service provider that result from the unauthorized use of the customer's cellular phone. There is a rebuttable presumption that any use of a cellular phone after the wireless service provider has been notified that the phone is lost or stolen is unauthorized, provided that the customer agreed to suspend the use of the wireless device.

(2) For purposes of this section, "unauthorized use" means use by a person other than the customer who does not have actual, implied or apparent authority for the use.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.