New York § 311-C - 311-CTermination without penalty of certain service contracts

§ 311-C. 311-CTermination without penalty of certain service contracts

§ 311-c. Termination without penalty of certain service contracts. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to every contract for services from a telecommunications service provider, an internet service provider, a health club as defined in section six hundred twenty-one of the general business law, a health spa, or a provider of television services, including but not limited to cable television, direct satellite and other television-like services, in any case in which: (a) such contract was executed on or after the effective date of this section by or on behalf of a person who, after the execution of such contract, entered active military service for ninety days or longer; and (b) the person's military service is at a location where the service provider cannot provide the services covered by the contract. 2. (a) Any contract described in subdivision one of this section may be terminated without penalty by written notice delivered to the service provider by such person in active military service canceling his or her contract within fourteen days of his or her receipt of orders to report for military service. Such notice shall include a copy of the orders in question. (b) Delivery of such notice shall be in accordance with industry standards for notification of terminations, together with the future date on which the service is to be terminated.