GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 396

 

 

Short Title:      Municipal Broadband Service Area.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives S. Martin and Farmer-Butterfield (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Referred to:

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

March 20, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to clarify the service area for communications services provided by Certain service providers exempted from certain requirements of Article 16A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑340.2(c)(3) reads as rewritten:

"(c)      The provisions of G.S. 160A‑340.1, 160A‑340.3, 160A‑340.4, 160A‑340.5, and 160A‑340.6 do not apply to a city or joint agency providing communications service as of January 1, 2011, provided the city or joint agency limits the provision of communications service to any one or more of the following:

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(3)        The following service areas:

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c.         For the city of Wilson, the service area is the any of the following:

1.         The county limits of Wilson County, including the incorporated areas within the County.

2.         The municipality of Pinetops.

3.         Any service connection located within 800 feet of the center line of Christian Road (State Road No. 1942) between its intersection with Bloomery Road (State Road No. 1996) and West Hornes Church Road (State Road No. 1941).

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.