June 21, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Hune and Gaffney and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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 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.