A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT requiring companies and other entities offering broadband internet services to provide annual reports to the e‑nc authority regarding service areas and availability of Broadband services within those areas.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Part 2F of Chapter 143B of Article 10 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143B‑437.48.  Broadband service providers; required reports.
(a).	Any company offering high‑speed broadband Internet access to consumers in this State shall report annually by January 31 to the e‑NC Authority on its service areas and its equipment, speed levels, and offerings for broadband services within its service areas. The report shall cover the preceding calendar year and shall also contain the following information:
(1)	A description and map of the company's service area. The map of the service area shall be submitted in graphic form and shall also be submitted digitally, to the extent possible, in shapefile or coverage format for use with GIS applications. If files cannot be supplied in shapefile or coverage format, the company shall supply sufficient information for another entity to create the files necessary for GIS applications.
(2)	A copy of the company's most recent estimate of subscriber uptake, as provided to the Federal Communications Commission.
(3)	A listing of latitude/longitude coordinates for wireless facilities and wireless support structures, as defined in G.S. 153A‑349.51, that the company owns, leases, or operates from to provide high‑speed broadband Internet access to service areas within this State. The report shall include the range of service for each wireless facility or structure and an estimate of the number of subscribers within range.
(b) 	A telephone company or telephone cooperative subject to the reporting requirements of this section shall include in its annual report the following additional information:
(1)	An aggregate number of homes passed and a listing of the number of access lines for each wirecenter, listed both by wirecenter and by county. If a wirecenter covers area in more than one county, the report shall provide a listing of access lines for each county along with an aggregate number of the homes passed in each of the counties covered by the wirecenter.
(2)	Of the access lines reported pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection identification or listing of the access lines that are DSL capable.
(3)	Latitude/longitude coordinates for all pair gain DSL Access Multiplexor (DSLAM) remotes. For each remote, the report shall contain a list of which remotes are DSL capable, and which are not.
(c)	A cable or other company, including a cable company offering only one‑way television, is subject to the reporting requirements of this section where applicable. The company shall include in its annual report the following additional information: 
(1)	A listing of the communities and municipalities served in each county and the aggregate number of homes passed in each community, municipality, and county served; along with a map of the coverage area showing the communities, municipalities and county areas served.
(2)	A listing of the Head Ends of cable systems, with latitude and longitude coordinates.
(d)	A local government entity, or any subdivision thereof, that offers broadband services or cable television service shall be subject to the reporting requirements of this section, where applicable.
(e)	Proprietary information filed with the e‑NC Authority pursuant to this section is confidential, and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. It may not be released to any person other than to the submitting service provider or the e‑NC Authority, without the express permission of the submitting service provider. Proprietary information is considered a trade secret under the Trade Secrets Protection Act, Article 24 of Chapter 66 of the General Statutes. General information collected by the e‑NC Authority may be released or published only in aggregate amounts that do not identify or allow identification of numbers of subscribers or revenues attributable to an individual service provider."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.