GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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SENATE BILL 858
Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee Substitute Adopted 5/4/89

Short Title:  ABC-Unincorporated Areas Redefined.	(Public)
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW ABC PERMITS TO BE ISSUED IN CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-101(16) reads as rewritten:
     	" (16)	 ‘Special ABC area' means an area in a county, either unincorporated or incorporated, with less than 100 permanent residents that:
(1)	Borders on another state;
(2)	Where ABC stores are permitted in one or more cities in the county;
(3)	Where the on-premises sale of unfortified wines and malt beverages by qualified persons and establishments, including persons and establishments qualified under G.S. 18B-603(c) or G.S. 18B-603(d), is permitted countywide or in two or more cities in the county; and such area
(a)	Contains more than a 1000 acres and is made up of privately-owned land and land owned by an association or club having more than 200 members and created for municipal and recreational purposes;
(b)	Which for three or more years has levied assessments or dues and provided municipal services."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-603(f2) reads as rewritten:
"(f2)	Permits for Special ABC Areas – The Commission may issue the permits provided for in G.S. 18B-1001(1), G.S.18B-1001(3), G.S. 18B-1001(5), and G.S. 18B-1001(10) to qualified persons and establishments located within a Special ABC area as defined in G.S. 18B-101 without approval at an election.  The mixed beverages purchase-transportation permit authorized by G.S. 18B-404(b) shall be issued by a local board operating a store located in the same county as the Special ABC area."
Sec. 3.  This act shall not include Robeson, Cleveland, Rutherford, Macon, and Polk Counties.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.