Order Issued Under MCL 600.2950n; Service; Inability of Wireless Telephone Service Provider to Effectuate Order; Notice; Suspension of Order; Assumption of Financial Responsibility by Petitioner; Application of Requirements for Establishment of Service; Liability of Provider and Employees.

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Sec. 2950o.

(1) An order issued under section 2950n must be served on the wireless telephone service provider as required under the Michigan court rules.

(2) If the wireless telephone service provider cannot operationally or technically effectuate an order issued under section 2950n because of any of the following circumstances, the wireless telephone service provider shall so notify the petitioner within 72 hours after the wireless telephone service provider receives the order:

(a) The customer has terminated service for the number.

(b) Differences in network technology prevent the functionality of a device on the network.

(c) There are geographic or other limitations on network or service availability.

(d) Any other circumstance that prevents the order from being operationally or technically effectuated.

(3) If a wireless telephone service provider notifies a petitioner under subsection (2), the order issued under section 2950n is automatically suspended.

(4) On transfer of billing responsibility for and rights to a wireless telephone number to a petitioner by a wireless telephone service provider under section 2950n and this section, the petitioner shall assume all financial responsibility for service to the transferred number, monthly service costs, and costs for any mobile device associated with the number.

(5) Section 2950n and this section do not preclude a wireless telephone service provider from applying any routine and customary requirements for the establishment of service to the petitioner as part of a transfer of billing responsibility for a wireless telephone number and any devices associated with the number, including, but not limited to, identification, financial information, and customer preferences.

(6) A wireless telephone service provider and its employees and agents are not liable for any actions taken in accordance with this section or a court order issued under section 2950n.

History: Add. 2016, Act 270, Eff. Sept. 29, 2016


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