GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 243
SENATE BILL 726

AN ACT TO REGULATE SUNDAY SALES AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-1004(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Sunday Hours. – It shall be unlawful to sell or consume alcoholic beverages on any licensed premises from the time at which sale or consumption must cease on Sunday morning until 12:00 Noon on that day."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 18B-1004(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Local Option. – A city may adopt an ordinance prohibiting in the city the retail sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine during any or all of the hours from 12:00 Noon on Sunday until 7:00 A.M. on the following Monday. A county may adopt an ordinance prohibiting, in the parts of the county outside any city, the retail sale of malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine during any or all of the hours from 12:00 Noon on Sunday until 7:00 A.M. on the following Monday.  Neither a city nor a county, however, may prohibit those sales in establishments having brown-bagging or mixed beverages permits."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives