HB-6248, As Passed House, August 30, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6248

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

"The insurance code of 1956,"

(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 126.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 126. (1) A waiver of customer liability agreement is not

insurance or the business of insurance and is not subject to this

act.

     (2) As used in this section:

     (a) "Service provider" means a public or private provider of

electricity, natural gas, water, sewer, solid waste collection, or

any other similar service, and any provider of communications

services involving the transmission of data or any other

information or signals utilizing any medium or method, including,

but not limited to, cable or broadband service, IP-enabled voice

service, cellular or mobile service, or any other similar service.

     (b) "Waiver of customer liability agreement" means an optional

agreement between a service provider and a customer of the service

provider under which the service provider agrees, in return for a

specified charge payable by the customer to the service provider,

to waive all or a portion of the customer's liability to the

service provider for incurred charges during a defined period in

the event of any 1 or more of the following: the customer's call to

active military service; involuntary unemployment; death;

disability; hospitalization; marriage; divorce; evacuation;

displacement due to natural disaster or other cause; qualification

for family leave; or similar qualifying event or condition. A

waiver of customer liability may be contained in the agreement

under which the service provider provides services to the customer

or in a separate agreement between the service provider and the

customer.