GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 663
     

 
Short Title:	Laurinburg Fiber Optic Cable Network.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Purcell and Plyler.	
Referred to:	Finance.	
March 22, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the city of laurinburg to own and operate a fiber optic cable network to serve the citizens and businesses of the community and to enhance economic development.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑311 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑311.  Public enterprise defined.
As used in this Article, the term "public enterprise" includes:
(1)	Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
(2)	Water supply and distribution systems.
(3)	Wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or other on‑site collection or disposal facilities or systems.
(4)	Gas production, storage, transmission, and distribution systems, where systems shall also include the purchase or lease of natural gas fields and natural gas reserves, the purchase of natural gas supplies, and the surveying, drilling and any other activities related to the exploration for natural gas, whether within the State or without.
(5)	Public transportation systems.
(6)	Solid waste collection and disposal systems and facilities.
(7)	Cable television systems.
(8)	Off‑street parking facilities and systems.
(9)	Airports.
(10)	Stormwater management programs designed to protect water quality by controlling the level of pollutants in, and the quantity and flow of, stormwater and structural and natural stormwater and drainage systems of all types.
(11)	Fiber optic cable networks to provide electronic communication services for citizens, businesses, and governmental entities."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Laurinburg only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.