NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1146

SENATE BILL 783

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 62-140 TO PERMIT THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN COMMISSIONS TO MOTELS, HOTELS, AND HOSPITALS BY TELEPHONE UTILITIES FOR THE HANDLING OF INTRASTATE TELEPHONE TOLL CALLS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 62-140(a) as the same appears in 1975 Replacement Volume 2B of the General Statutes is amended by striking out the period (.) at the end of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon (;) and further by adding the following:

"provided that it shall not be an unreasonable preference or advantage or constitute discrimination against any person, firm or corporation or general rate payer for telephone utilities to contract with motels, hotels and hospitals to pay reasonable commissions in connection with the handling of intrastate toll calls charged to a guest or patient and collected by the motel, hotel or hospital; provided further, that payment of such commissions shall be in accordance with uniform tariffs which shall be subject to the approval of the commission."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of June, 1978.