Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:418.1 – Cellular phone and wireless service plan contracts; suspension or termination during service in the uniformed services
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:418.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Service in the uniformed services: means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under competent authority and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, full-time national guard duty, and a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any such duty. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:403
A. Any person who is called to service in the uniformed services and has a cellular phone and wireless service plan contract and is assigned to temporary duty or deployment in a location that makes the cellular phone inoperable, may, upon giving written notice to the plan carrier and with the consent of the plan carrier, terminate the contract without imposition of any termination or cancellation fee or suspend the service plan contract until thirty days after discharge from active military service without imposition of any activation fee. If the person elects to suspend the service plan contract during his military service, he shall notify the plan carrier within thirty days of the date of his discharge from active military service.
B. The provisions of this Section shall have both prospective and retroactive application.
Acts 2005, No. 185, §1.