GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 676
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/8/89

Short Title:  Local Officers-Insp. ABC Premises.	(Public)
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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, within their territorial jurisdiction, 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 licensed premises, such investigation not to include examination of the books and records of the permittee if the investigation is conducted by officers of local law-enforcement agencies.  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) 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."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.