GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 989*

Short Title:  Hotel Guest Room Cabinets.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Morgan.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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April 19, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE PERMIT FOR HOTELS CHOOSING TO OFFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES FROM LOCKED CABINETS IN GUEST ROOMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1001 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(12)	Guest Room Cabinet Permit.  A guest room cabinet permit authorizes a hotel having a mixed beverage permit to sell to its room guests, from securely locked cabinets, malt beverages, unfortified wine, fortified wine, and spirituous liquor; provided, that the permittee shall dispense these beverages only pursuant to written policies and procedures filed with and approved by the Commission."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-902(d) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(29)	Guest room cabinet permit. – $100.00."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 18B-903(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Renewal. – Application for renewal of an ABC permit shall be on a form provided by the Commission. An application for renewal shall be accompanied by an application fee of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original application fee set in G.S. 18B-902, except that the renewal application fee for a mixed beverages permit shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00) and the renewal application fee for a guest room cabinet permit shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).  A renewal fee shall not be refundable."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 18B-804(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(9)	If the spirituous liquor is sold to a guest room cabinet permittee for resale, a charge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) on each four liters and a proportional sum on lesser quantities."
Sec. 5.  G.S. 18B-404(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Size of Bottles. – A purchase-transportation permit for a mixed beverages permittee shall authorize the purchase and transportation only of 750 milliliter or larger containers.  A purchase-transportation permit for a guest room cabinet permittee  may authorize the purchase and transportation of containers in sizes approved by the Commission."
Sec. 6.  This act applies to those counties subject to G.S. 18B-600(f).
Sec. 7.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1991.