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.