Daily bulletin [2009 : March 11, v.2009 : no.25]

Daily Bulletin ACTIONS BY THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY School of Government The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Legislative Reporting Service, Box 7294 State Legislative Building, Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone 919.733.2484 ~ Fax 919.715.3464 ~ www.dbulletin.org House Legislative Day 25 Vol. 2009, No. 25 Senate Legislative Day 25 Wednesday, March 1 1, 2009 SUMMARIES OF BILLS FILED HOUSE BILLS H 433. CHANGE CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Filed 3/5/09. TO CHANGE THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX. Correction. The digest appearing in the 3/5/09 edition of the Daily Bulletin is corrected to read: States the General Assembly’s intent to make changes to business tax laws. Amends GS 105 -130.4(h) to provide that the income less related expenses from any other activities producing nonapportionable income (was, other nonbusiness activities) is allocable to the state if the business situs of the activities or investments are located in North Carolina. Intro, by Brubaker. GS105 H 530. UTILITIES/CARRIER OF LAST RESORT. Filed 3/1 1/09. FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE UTILITIES COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER IN CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS AND AREAS. Amends GS 62-110 to clarify that each local exchange company is the universal service provider (carrier of last resort) in the area in which it is certified to operate on July 1 , 1995; provided, however, each local exchange company may satisfy its carrier of last resort obligation by using any available technology. Also allows telephone membership corporations that have carrier of last resort obligations to fulfill those obligations using any available technology. Provides that when a telecommunications service provider enters into an agreement to provide communications service or otherwise precludes the local exchange company from providing those services for the subdivision or other area, the local exchange company is not obligated to provide basic local exchange telephone service or any other communications service to customers in the subdivision or area. In the listed instances, the local exchange company (was, the local exchange company for the franchise area or territory in which the subdivision or other area is located is not a party to the agreement) is relieved of any universal service provider obligation for that subdivision or area. In circumstances not listed in GS 62-1 10(f4), allows a local exchange company to be granted a waiver of its carrier of last resort obligation by the appropriate state agency based upon a showing by the local exchange company that providing service would be inequitable or unduly burdensome. Defines (1) communications service as either voice, video, or data service through any technology and (2) local exchange service as a voice service regardless of the technologies used, including Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), wireless, or any technology the local exchange company chooses to provide service. Makes conforming and technical changes. Effective for agreements to provide communications service entered prior to or on or after the date the act becomes law. Intro, by Blue, Carney, Brubaker. GS 62 © 2009 School of Government The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This work is copyrighted and subject to "fair use" as permitted by federal copyright law. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the express written permission of the publisher. Distribution by third parties is prohibited. Prohibited distribution includes, but is not limited to, posting, e-mailing, faxing, archiving in a public database, installing on intranets or servers, and redistributing via a computer network or in printed form. Unauthorized use or reproduction may result in legal action against the unauthorized user.