BILL NUMBER: AB 2867	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

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.  Cable   Cable,
satellite,  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  cable   cable,
satellite,  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  cable   cable, satellite, 
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.