GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 645
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/9/95

Short Title:  ABC-Local Gov't Regulation.	(Public)

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March 30, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY REGULATE THE POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THE POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, OR PARKING LOTS WHICH ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO REGULAR TRAFFIC FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 18B-300(c) is repealed.
Sec. 2.  Chapter 18B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 18B-300.1.  Local ordinances regulating alcoholic beverages.
A city or county may by ordinance:
(1)	Regulate or prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the public streets of that city or county and on property owned, occupied, or controlled by that city or county.
(2)	Regulate or prohibit the possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages on public streets of that city or county and on property owned, occupied, or controlled by that city or county.
(3)	Regulate or prohibit the possession of alcoholic beverages on public streets, alleys, or parking lots which are temporarily closed to regular traffic for special events.
For the purposes of this section, an open container means a container whose seal has been broken or a container other than the manufacturer's unopened original container."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.