(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Covered customer.- "Covered customer" means a customer who elects to purchase coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance issued to a vendor.
(c) Customer.- "Customer" means a person who purchases or leases portable electronics or purchases service related to the use of portable electronics.
(d) Portable electronics.-
(1) "Portable electronics" means:
(i) handsets, pagers, personal digital assistants, portable computers, cellular telephones, batteries, and other devices or accessories used to originate or receive communications signals or services; and
(ii) any other electronic device that is portable in nature that the Commissioner approves.
(2) "Portable electronics" does not include telecommunications switching equipment, transmission wires, cell site transceiver equipment, or other equipment and systems used by telecommunications companies to provide telecommunications service to consumers.
(e) Portable electronics insurance.-
(1) "Portable electronics insurance" means insurance that provides coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics, including coverage against one or more of the following causes of loss:
(i) loss by disappearance;
(ii) theft;
(iii) mechanical failure;
(iv) malfunction;
(v) damage; and
(vi) any other applicable peril, as approved by the Commissioner.
(2) "Portable electronics insurance" does not include:
(i) a service contract governed by Title 14, Subtitle 4 of the Commercial Law Article that does not include coverage for loss by disappearance or theft;
(ii) a policy of insurance covering a seller's or a manufacturer's obligations under a warranty; or
(iii) a homeowner's, renter's, private passenger automobile, or similar policy that covers loss or theft of portable electronics.
(1) the sale or lease of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer; or
(2) the sale of service related to the use of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer.
(g) Vendor.- "Vendor" means a person in the business of leasing, selling, or providing portable electronics, or selling or providing service related to the use of portable electronics, to customers in the State.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Covered customer.- "Covered customer" means a customer who elects to purchase coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance issued to a vendor.
(c) Customer.- "Customer" means a person who purchases or leases portable electronics or purchases service related to the use of portable electronics.
(d) Portable electronics.-
(1) "Portable electronics" means:
(i) handsets, pagers, personal digital assistants, portable computers, cellular telephones, batteries, and other devices or accessories used to originate or receive communications signals or services; and
(ii) any other electronic device that is portable in nature that the Commissioner approves.
(2) "Portable electronics" does not include telecommunications switching equipment, transmission wires, cell site transceiver equipment, or other equipment and systems used by telecommunications companies to provide telecommunications service to consumers.
(e) Portable electronics insurance.-
(1) "Portable electronics insurance" means insurance that provides coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics, including coverage against one or more of the following causes of loss:
(i) loss by disappearance;
(ii) theft;
(iii) mechanical failure;
(iv) malfunction;
(v) damage; and
(vi) any other applicable peril, as approved by the Commissioner.
(2) "Portable electronics insurance" does not include:
(i) a service contract governed by Title 14, Subtitle 4 of the Commercial Law Article that does not include coverage for loss by disappearance or theft;
(ii) a policy of insurance covering a seller's or a manufacturer's obligations under a warranty; or
(iii) a homeowner's, renter's, private passenger automobile, or similar policy that covers loss or theft of portable electronics.
(1) the sale or lease of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer; or
(2) the sale of service related to the use of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer.
(g) Vendor.- "Vendor" means a person in the business of leasing, selling, or providing portable electronics, or selling or providing service related to the use of portable electronics, to customers in the State.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Covered customer.- "Covered customer" means a customer who elects to purchase coverage under a policy of portable electronics insurance issued to a vendor.
(c) Customer.- "Customer" means a person who purchases or leases portable electronics or purchases service related to the use of portable electronics.
(d) Portable electronics.-
(1) "Portable electronics" means:
(i) handsets, pagers, personal digital assistants, portable computers, cellular telephones, batteries, and other devices or accessories used to originate or receive communications signals or services; and
(ii) any other electronic device that is portable in nature that the Commissioner approves.
(2) "Portable electronics" does not include telecommunications switching equipment, transmission wires, cell site transceiver equipment, or other equipment and systems used by telecommunications companies to provide telecommunications service to consumers.
(e) Portable electronics insurance.-
(1) "Portable electronics insurance" means insurance that provides coverage for the repair or replacement of portable electronics, including coverage against one or more of the following causes of loss:
(i) loss by disappearance;
(ii) theft;
(iii) mechanical failure;
(iv) malfunction;
(v) damage; and
(vi) any other applicable peril, as approved by the Commissioner.
(2) "Portable electronics insurance" does not include:
(i) a service contract governed by Title 14, Subtitle 4 of the Commercial Law Article that does not include coverage for loss by disappearance or theft;
(ii) a policy of insurance covering a seller's or a manufacturer's obligations under a warranty; or
(iii) a homeowner's, renter's, private passenger automobile, or similar policy that covers loss or theft of portable electronics.
(1) the sale or lease of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer; or
(2) the sale of service related to the use of portable electronics by a vendor to a customer.
(g) Vendor.- "Vendor" means a person in the business of leasing, selling, or providing portable electronics, or selling or providing service related to the use of portable electronics, to customers in the State.
