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(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.) (A255, R272, H4635) AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 44-79-60, RELATING TO PHYSICAL FITNESS SERVICE CONTRACTS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE USE OF ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: Physical fitness service contracts SECTION 1. Section 44-79-60(4) of the S.C. Code is amended to read: (4) provide for a one-month automatic renewal option, which to be enforceable must be disclosed in bold type of at least fourteen-point font on the front page of the contract and must be initialed by the customer. The customer may accept the automatic renewal at the time the initial contract is executed by initialing an opt-in provision. No later than ten days before the expiration of the initial contract, the facility shall notify the customer in writing at the customer's last known address or electronically, by means specified in the initial contract, of the automatic renewal option which the customer selected at the time the initial contract was executed. Price may not increase or decrease in an automatically renewed contract without written notice to the customer of at least thirty but not more than sixty days prior to the effective date of the change in price; Time effective SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Ratified the 29th day of June, 2026. Approved the 30th day of June, 2026. __________
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