HB 542-FN - AS INTRODUCED
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2001 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 542-FN
AN ACT requiring cellular telephone carriers to notify customers before the service is disconnected.
This bill requires cellular telephone service providers to notify customers before disconnecting the service.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0763
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT requiring cellular telephone carriers to notify customers before the service is disconnected.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Chapter; Cellular Telephone Carriers; Notice of Disconnection of Cellular Telephone Service Required. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 358-Q the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 358-R
CELLULAR TELEPHONE CARRIERS
358-R:1 Notice of Disconnection of Cellular Telephone Service Required. All cellular telephone carriers or their appointed agents doing business in this state shall provide written notice to a customer at least 15 days prior to disconnecting the cellular telephone service. The notice shall include the reason for the anticipated disconnection of service and a means by which the customer may contact the carrier prior to the disconnection date. A violation of this section shall be a class B felony.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
LBAO
01-0763
2/5/01
HB 542-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring cellular telephone carriers to notify customers before the service is disconnected.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.