PRINTER'S NO. 921
No. 863 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TANGRETTI, WOJNAROSKI, HALUSKA, LAUGHLIN,
MARKOSEK, READSHAW, BELFANTI, SCRIMENTI, CLARK, WALKO, PESCI,
SURRA, TRELLO, MICHLOVIC, STABACK, MICOZZIE, TIGUE,
GIGLIOTTI, MELIO, RAMOS, McCALL, SEYFERT, SOLOBAY, M. COHEN,
YOUNGBLOOD, PETRARCA, BENNINGHOFF AND HARHAI, MARCH 10, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MARCH 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting negative option billing for renewal of maintenance
2 service contracts.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Renewal of maintenance service contract.
6 (a) General rule.--A provider of maintenance services may
7 not bill a consumer for renewal of a service contract that a
8 consumer has not affirmatively ordered by request. A consumer's
9 failure to reject an offered renewal is not an affirmative
10 order.
11 (b) Method of renewal.--A consumer's affirmative order for
12 renewal may be made electronically or in writing.
13 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "service
14 contract" means an agreement covering services to maintain and
15 repair a product purchased by a consumer for an agreed period of
16 time.
1 Section 2. Effective date.
2 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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