GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 145
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 6/20/90

Short Title:  Telephone Surcharges to be Posted.	(Public)
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February 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE HOTELS AND MOTELS TO POST TELEPHONE SURCHARGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 72 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 72-6.1.  Posting telephone surcharges by hotels and motels.
	(a)	Every hotel, motel, or innkeeper that imposes any surcharge for local, collect, credit card, toll-free, or long distance calls shall post a notice that a surcharge will be made  by conspicuous sign located at or near the principal telephone in each guest room so as to be easily seen by its patrons.
	(b)	A violation of subsection (a) of this section is an infraction."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1990.