N.Y. General Business Law § 399-zzzz: Prohibition of certain fee charges for termination or early cancellation

§ 399-zzzz. Prohibition of certain fee charges for termination or

early cancellation. 1. Subject to federal law and regulation:

a. no provider of telephone, cellular telephone, television, internet,

energy, or water services shall impose a fee for termination or early

cancellation of a service contract in the event the customer has

deceased before the end of such contract; and

b. a retail lessee, as defined in section three hundred thirty-one of

the personal property law, shall not be liable for charges for the early

termination of a retail lease agreement of a motor vehicle if he or she

has deceased before the end of such lease.

2. Every violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil

penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars.