Amended in Assembly May 3, 2016

Amended in Assembly March 28, 2016

Amended in Assembly March 17, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2867

Introduced by Assembly Member Gatto

February 19, 2016

An act to add Section 1726 to the Civil Code, relating to contracts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2867, as amended, Gatto. begin delete Cable end delete begin insert Cable, satellite, end insert and Internet service providers: contracts.

Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish certain reasonable minimum standards with respect to consumer cable television contracts. Existing law imposes certain requirements on the imposition of late fees and sale or collection of delinquent cable television accounts.

This bill would require a begin delete cable end delete begin insert cable, satellite, end insert or Internet service provider that enables an individual to subscribe to its services through an Internet Web site to also enable those customers to cancel their subscriptions through the Internet Web site.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 1726 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

1726.  

If a begin delete cable end delete begin insert cable, satellite, end insert or Internet service provider
enables an individual to subscribe to its services through an Internet
Web site, it shall also enable all of its customers to cancel their
subscriptions through the Internet Web site.