A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require that food or retail businesses that hold abc permits and are located in a state development zone shall not have alcoholic beverage sales in excess of fifty percent of the business's total annual sales.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑309(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	A food business as defined in G.S. 18B‑1000(3), a retail business as defined in G.S. 18B‑1000(7), or an eating establishment as defined in G.S. 18B‑1000(2) that holds an ABC permit under this Chapter and is located in a part of a city that has been designated as an Urban Redevelopment Area under Article 22 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes or a development zone as defined in G.S. 105-129.2(7) shall not have alcoholic beverage sales in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the business's total annual sales. The city council, or its designee, shall file a certified copy of the official action and original documents, including a map or similar information, designating the area as an Urban Redevelopment Area. The Commission shall make this information available to any permittee who makes a request for this information to the Commission."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2003.