7901 – Scope and Purposes.

§ 7901. Scope and purposes. (a) The purposes of this article are to:
  (1)  create  a  legal  framework within which service contracts may be
sold in this state;
  (2) encourage the marketing and  developing  of  more  economical  and
effective means of providing services under service contracts; and
  (3)   permit  and  encourage  fair  and  effective  competition  among
different systems of providing and paying for these services.
  (b) This article shall not apply to:
  (1) Express or implied warranties;
  (2) Maintenance agreements;
  (3) Warranties, service contracts or maintenance agreements offered by
public utilities on their transmission devices to the  extent  they  are
regulated by the public service commission; and
  (4)  Warranties, service contracts and maintenance agreements that are
conditioned upon or otherwise associated with  the  sale  or  supply  of
heating fuel.