A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that a public utility, electric membership corporation, and telephone membership corporation shall not in its debt collection practices bill any person or company for service provided to a household or business location that the person or company does not own, lease, or occupy.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑159.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62‑159.1.  Debt collection practices.
(a)	A public utility, electric membership corporation, and telephone membership corporation shall not do any of the following in its debt collection practices:
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(3)	Bill any person or company for service provided to a household or business location that the person or company does not own, lease, or occupy. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply notwithstanding any agreement between the person or company and the public utility, electric membership corporation, or telephone membership corporation to reconnect service to the household or business location during the time the person or company owned, occupied, or leased the property.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.