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SECTION 311-C
Termination without penalty of certain service contracts
Military (MIL) CHAPTER 36, ARTICLE 13
§ 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.