GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 144
SENATE BILL 582

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE CITIES OF CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON AND WINSTON-SALEM; THE TOWNS OF ATLANTIC BEACH AND CHAPEL HILL; AND NEW HANOVER COUNTY TO REGULATE BY ORDINANCE THE POSSESSION OF MALT BEVERAGES AND UNFORTIFIED WINE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-300(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Local Ordinance. – A city or county may by ordinance:
(1)	Regulate or prohibit the consumption of malt beverages and unfortified wine on the public streets in that city or county and on property owned or occupied by that city or county;
(2)	Regulate or prohibit the possession of open containers of malt beverages and unfortified wine by pedestrians on public streets in that city or county and on property owned or occupied by that city or county; and
(3)	Regulate or prohibit the possession of malt beverages and unfortified wine on public streets, alleys, or parking lots which are temporarily closed to regular traffic for special events."
Sec. 2.  This act applies only to the Cities of Charlotte, Wilmington and Winston-Salem; the Towns of Atlantic Beach and Chapel Hill; and New Hanover County.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of June, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives