South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 4548

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. King
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19369ab12.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2012
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Fee on payment of cell phone bill

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/10/2012  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 71)
   1/10/2012  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 71)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/10/2012

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 58-9-255 SO AS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER MAY NOT CHARGE A FEE TO A CUSTOMER FOR PAYMENT OF HIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE BILL WITH A CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD WHEN THE PAYMENT IS MADE ONLINE OR BY TELEPHONE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 9, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 58-9-255.    (A)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, a communications service provider may charge no fee for the payment of a bill for a mobile communications service it provides a customer under this chapter because the payment is made by means of a credit card or debit card whether the payment is made online, by telephone, or otherwise.

(B)    For the purposes of this section, 'mobile communications service' means any one-way or two-way radio communication service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations and by mobile stations communicating among themselves, through cellular telecommunications services, personal communications services, paging services, specialized mobile radio services, and any other form of mobile one-way or two-way communications service."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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