A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that the utilities commission shall annually determine whether broadband service in the state is sufficiently competitive.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62‑2.  Declaration of policy.
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(b1)	The Commission shall determine on an annual basis whether broadband service provided by public utilities as defined in G.S. 62‑3(23)a.6. is sufficiently competitive and shall report its findings and recommendations on regulation to the House Energy and Public Utilities Committee, Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee, and Fiscal Research Division.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.