NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 666

SENATE BILL 424

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE TO PROVIDE CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  The City shall have authority to acquire, construct, own, and operate a cable television system as defined in G.S. 160-2(6a) within the City and within the areas served by the City's electric distribution system, to make reasonable installation and service charges for cable television service, and to make reasonable rules and regulations regarding the operation and use of such system.  The City may appropriate funds for the acquisition, construction, and operation of such system, and may issue its bonds and notes for the same pursuant to and in accordance with Article 28 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, and may issue its revenue bonds for the same pursuant to and in accordance with Article 34 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes; and for the purposes of this Section the term "undertaking" as defined in G.S. 160-414(5) shall be deemed to include a cable television system as defined in G.S. 160-2(6a).

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of May, 1969.