GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 2
HOUSE BILL 593
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/1/11
Short Title: Allow County Grants for Broadband. |
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April 5, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to AUTHORIZE nash county to provide grants to promote broadband in unserved areas for economic development in the county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. A county may provide grants to unaffiliated providers of highspeed Internet broadband for the purpose of expanding service in unserved areas for economic development in the county. The grants shall be awarded on a technology neutral basis, shall be open to qualified applicants, and may require matching funds by the private provider. The county shall use only unrestricted general fund revenue for the grants.
SECTION 2. Nothing in this act authorizes a county to provide highspeed Internet broadband service.
SECTION 3. This act applies only to Nash County.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.