GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2019

SESSION LAW 2020-94

SENATE BILL 226

AN ACT TO DELAY THE PAYMENT DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN ABC PERMIT RENEWALS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 18B‑903, payment of the fee for renewal or registration of an ABC permit held by an ABC permittee that is prohibited from operating pursuant to Executive Order No. 141, Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings, shall not be required until 90 days after the date the Governor signs an executive order rescinding the prohibition on those permittees' operation, provided the ABC permittee notifies the ABC Commission in writing, including by e‑mail or other electronic means, of its intent to delay payment.

SECTION 2.  An ABC permittee that is prohibited from operating pursuant to Executive Order No. 141, Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings, that has paid a fee for renewal or registration of an ABC permit prior to the effective date of this act may request a refund from the ABC Commission. A permittee that receives a refund from the Commission pursuant to this section shall repay the fee before the expiration of the period established by Section 1 of this act.

SECTION 3.  This act is retroactively effective June 30, 2020.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8^th day of July, 2020.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:02 a.m. this 13^th day of July, 2020