PRINTER'S NO. 3475
No. 2418 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BALDWIN, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CRAHALLA, DeWEESE, FAIRCHILD, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRELL, HALUSKA, HERSHEY, MILLARD, SATHER, LEWIS, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STERN, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, RAPP AND CREIGHTON, FEBRUARY 1, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 1, 2006
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for cellular telephone 3 contract methods. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 2908. Cellular telephone contract methods. 9 (a) General rule.--A public utility who or which furnishes 10 mobile domestic cellular radio telecommunications service in 11 this Commonwealth to an existing customer who desires to change 12 the customer's plan and purchase a new cellular telephone shall 13 offer the new cellular telephone at the public utility's lowest 14 advertised price. 15 (b) Applicability.--This section shall apply to customers 16 who have a contract with the public utility on the date the 17 purchase of the new cellular telephone is made and are not
1 currently delinquent in the payment of the services provided by 2 the public utility. 3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A13L66DMS/20060H2418B3475 - 2 -