GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1623

Short Title:  ABC Elections/Multicounty Cities.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Johnson of Cabarrus.
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Referred to:  Rules Suspended; Passed 2nd & 3rd, Sent to House.
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July 16, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ABC ELECTIONS IN CERTAIN CITIES LOCATED IN TWO COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-600 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( e3)	Multicounty City ABC Elections.–A city may hold any of the elections authorized by subsection (a) of this section if:
(1)	It is located in two counties; and
(2)	It has at least 11,000 registered voters; and
(3)	It adjoins two municipalities where the sale of one or more forms of alcoholic beverages is authorized or where ABC stores are located and those municipalities are located in counties which do not allow the sale of mixed beverages.
	If the sale of mixed beverages is permitted pursuant to an election held in accordance with this subsection, but the operation of ABC stores is not voted upon or is not permitted after an election, then mixed beverage permittees in the multicounty city may purchase liquor from the ABC stores located in either of the adjoining cities, and the profits from the sales of the liquor attributable to those permittees, after the applicable distributions have been made pursuant to G.S. 18B-805, shall be divided:
(1)	Fifty percent (50%) shall be paid to the general fund of the city where the permittees are located; and
(2)	Fifty percent (50%) shall be divided between the general funds of the two cities having ABC stores from which the permittees in the multicounty city purchase their liquor in proportion to the amount of the sales attributable to those permittees."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.