NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 648

SENATE BILL 21

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 14-155 RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTIONS WITH CABLE TELEVISION LINES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 14-155 is hereby rewritten to read:

"G.S. 14-155. Unauthorized connections with telephone, telegraph and cable television wires. It shall be unlawful for any person to tap or make any connection with any wire or apparatus of any telephone, telegraph or cable television company operating in this State, except such connection as may be authorized by the person or corporation operating such wire or apparatus. Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than ten dollars ($10.00) or imprisoned not more than ten days (10) for each offense. Each day's continuance of such unlawful connection shall be a separate offense. No connection approved by the Federal Communications Commission or the North Carolina Utilities Commission shall be a violation of this Section."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1973.