Opting out of contract without penalties for victims of domestic violence.

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48:5A-11.13 Opting out of contract without penalties for victims of domestic violence.

2. A cable television company shall allow a residential customer who is under a contract with a CATV company, including but not limited to, a bundle contract or multi-year contract, to opt-out of the contract without paying an early termination fee or other similar charge when the customer is a victim of domestic violence and requests to opt-out of the contract in writing. The residential customer who is a victim of domestic violence shall provide to the CATV company, within one year of the customer's request, a copy of a permanent restraining order: issued by a court pursuant to section 13 of the "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991," P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-29); or from another jurisdiction issued pursuant to the jurisdiction's laws concerning domestic violence. A request for opting-out of the contract without charge shall be made in good faith. The CATV company shall waive the otherwise applicable charges for the residential customer requesting to opt-out of the contract as of the date the CATV company receives the request.

L.2017, c.378, s.2.


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