If a consumer terminates an agreement or contract for telephone, cable television, internet, broadband, or any combination of such services pursuant to the terms of the agreement or contract, then this bill authorizes the service provider to bill the consumer for the remainder of that billing cycle, but the service provider may not bill the consumer for any subsequent billing cycle if the date of termination occurs within the first half of a billing cycle. However, if the date of termination occurs within the second half of a billing cycle, then the service provider may bill the consumer for the remainder of that billing cycle and up to one subsequent billing cycle. Additionally, this bill does not prohibit a service provider from including a term or period of minimum duration in a service agreement or contract. This bill provides that a violation of this bill constitutes a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 and is subject to the penalties and remedies under such Act.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 47-18-104(b), 47-18-104