48:17-38 Opting out of contracts without penalty for victims of domestic violence. 4. A local exchange telephone company shall allow a residential customer who is under contract with the local exchange telephone company, including but not limited to, a bundle contract or multi-year contract, to opt-out of the contract without paying an early termination fee or other similar charge when the customer is a victim of domestic violence and requests to opt-out of the contract in writing. The residential customer who is a victim of domestic violence shall provide to the local exchange telephone company, within one year of the customer's request, a copy of a permanent restraining order: issued by a court pursuant to section 13 of the 'Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,' P.L.1991, c.261 (C.2C:25-29); or from another jurisdiction issued pursuant to the jurisdiction's laws concerning domestic violence. A request for opting-out of the contract without charge shall be made in good faith. The local exchange telephone company shall waive the otherwise applicable charges for the residential customer requesting to opt-out of the contract as of the date the local exchange telephone faith. The local exchange telephone company shall waive the otherwise applicable charges for the residential customer requesting to opt-out of the contract as of the date the local exchange telephone company receives the request. L.2017, c.378, s.4.
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