GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 1237

Short Title:  Local Officers-Insp. ABC Premises.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Edwards.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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June 16, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE INSPECTIONS OF ABC LICENSED PREMISES BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-502(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Authority. – To procure evidence of violations of the ABC law, alcohol law-enforcement agents, employees of the Commission,  local ABC officers, and officers of local law-enforcement agencies may, within their territorial jurisdiction, investigate the operation of each licensed premise for which an ABC permit has been issuedduring the hours of operation with the investigation limited to view of the licensed premises.  If the investigation is conducted by officers of a local law-enforcement agency that has not contracted to provide ABC enforcement under G.S. 18B-501(f), it shall not include an examination of the books and records of the permittee, and it shall not include the premises of a private club, as defined in G.S. 18B-1000(5).  Alcohol law-enforcement agents, employees of the Commission, local ABC officers, and officers of local law-enforcement agencies that have contracted to provide ABC enforcement under G.S. 18B-501(f) may inspect the entire premises and examine the books and records of the permittee any time it reasonably appears that someone is on the premises."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.