81R2168 TJS-D
By: Vo H.B. No. 1098
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information that a commercial mobile service
provider shall include in a billing statement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 64, Utilities Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter F to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER F. MOBILE SERVICE CUSTOMER BILLING
Sec. 64.231. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "commercial
mobile service provider" has the meaning assigned by Section
64.201.
Sec. 64.232. CONTRACT EXPIRATION NOTICE. A bill from a
commercial mobile service provider shall clearly identify the date
the customer's contract with the service provider expires.
SECTION 2. Section 64.232, Utilities Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a contract that is entered into or renewed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into or
renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
as it existed when the contract was entered into or renewed, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.