GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 827

Short Title:  Penalties for Underage ABC Sales.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Privette, Fletcher; Beall, Bowman, Brown, Ethridge, and Luebke.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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April 16, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR PERMITTEES SELLING OR GIVING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-302 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( j)	It shall be unlawful for a permittee or his employee to knowingly sell or give alcoholic beverages to any person less than 21 years old.  The penalty for the first violation of this subsection shall be a suspension of the permittee's permit for not less than six months.  The penalty for the second violation of this subsection shall be a suspension of the permittee's permit for not less than one year.  The penalty for the third violation of this subsection shall be a permanent disqualification of that permittee from receiving any other permits under this Chapter."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.