A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the joint legislative utility review committee to study the adequacy of the service charge for prepaid wireless telephone service and the manner in which the service charge is collected and remitted to the 911 board and extending the sunset on the collection of service charges for prepaid wireless telephone service.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Utility Review Committee may study the adequacy of the service charge for prepaid wireless telephone service and the manner in which the service charge is collected and remitted to the 911 Board.  The Committee may propose legislation, if appropriate, to change the service charge for prepaid wireless telephone service and to alter the manner in which the service charge is collected and remitted.
SECTION 2.  The Committee may make an interim report of its findings and recommendations to the 2009 General Assembly, Regular Session 2010, and shall submit a final report to the 2011 Session of the General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  Section 7.(c) of S.L. 2007‑383, as amended by Section 1.(d) of S.L. 2008‑134 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 7.(c)  Notwithstanding G.S. 62A‑43, the charge imposed by that section does not apply to prepaid wireless telephone service  until September 30, 2010."
SECTION 4.  The Legislative Services Officer shall allocate funds appropriated to the General Assembly for the expenditures of the Joint Legislative Utility Review Committee in conducting this study.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.