AN ACT to increase the membership of the currituck Alcoholic Beverage Control Board from three to five members.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S.18B‑700(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Membership. – A local ABC board shall consist of five members appointed for three‑year  terms. As the terms of board members expire, their successors shall each be appointed for three‑year terms. The appointing authority shall designate one member of the local board as chairman. The three members appointed prior to the effective date of this act shall complete their terms as appointed. The two new members appointed after the effective date of this act shall be appointed as provided in Section 2 of this act."
SECTION 2.  The Board of Commissioners shall appoint additional members authorized by this act to serve one‑year and two‑year initial terms and then for three‑year terms thereafter.  The initial terms shall be decided upon to maintain the staggered appoint periods required by G.S. 18B‑700(a) as amended by Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act applies to Currituck County only.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 2004.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives