GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 837

Short Title:  Sacramental Wine in Jails/Prisons.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Holt; Justus and P. Wilson.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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March 23, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW SACRAMENTAL WINE TO BE BROUGHT INTO CONFINEMENT FACILITIES FOR USE IN RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-258.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any person who shall knowingly give or sell any alcoholic beverages to any inmate of any State mental or penal institution, or to any inmate of any local confinement facility, except for medical purposes as prescribed by a duly licensed physician and except for any ordained minister or rabbi who gives any alcoholic beverages to an inmate as part of a religious service; or any person who shall combine, confederate, conspire, procure, or procure another or others to give or sell any alcoholic beverages to any inmate of any such State institution or local confinement facility, except for medical purposes as prescribed by a duly licensed physician and except for any ordained minister or rabbi who gives any alcoholic beverages to an inmate as part of a religious service; or any person who shall bring into the buildings, grounds or other facilities of such institution any alcoholic beverages, except for medical purposes as prescribed by a duly licensed physician and or alcoholic beverages brought by an ordained minister or rabbi for use as part of a religious service, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined or imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. If such person is an officer or employee of any institution of the State, such person shall be dismissed from office."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.