GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 676

Short Title:  Local Officers-Insp. ABC Premises.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Hurley; Gibson, Beard, Edwards, Warner, J. Crawford, Stam, Albertson, Bowman, Wood, Diamont, and Justus.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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March 16, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE INSPECTIONS OF ABC LICENSED PREMISES BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-502(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Authority. – To procure evidence of violations of the ABC law, alcohol law-enforcement agents, employees of the Commission,  local ABC officers, and officers of local law-enforcement agencies shall have authority to investigate the operation of each licensed premises for which an ABC permit has been issuedduring the hours of operation with the investigation limited to view of the entire premises except in the case of alcohol law-enforcement agents, employees of the Commission, local ABC officers and officers of local law-enforcement agencies that have contracted to provide ABC enforcement under G.S. 18B-501(f) who shall have the authority to inspect the entire premises and examine the books and records of the permittee any time it reasonably appears that someone is on the premises. Any local law enforcement officer who may conduct an investigation under this section shall be dressed in plain clothes when investigating a private club as defined by G.S. 18B-1000(5)j."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.