GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 213

Short Title:  ABC-Youths and Alcoholic Beverages.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Bowman.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT EMPLOYMENT OF A CHILD LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT AN ABC PERMITTEE AND TO PREVENT CHILDREN LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE FROM FREQUENTING CERTAIN BUSINESSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-302(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	Handling in Course of Employment. – Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit an underage person, 16 years of age or older, from selling, transporting, possessing or dispensing alcoholic beverages in the course of employment, if the employment of the person for that purpose is otherwise lawful under applicable youth employment statutes and Commission rules."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-317 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-317.  Permitting minors to enter barrooms, lounges, or billiard rooms.
(a)	If the manager or owner of any barroom or lounge, in which beer, wine, or any alcoholic beverages are sold for on-premise consumption, knowingly allows any minor under 18 years of age to enter or remain, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(b)	If the manager or owner of any billiard room shall knowingly allow any minor under 18 years of age to enter or remain in such billiard room, where before such minor under 18 years of age enters or remains in such billiard room, the manager or owner thereof has been notified in writing by the parents or guardian of such minor under 18 years of age not to allow him to enter or remain in such billiard room, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1995.