A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control laws relating to local authority.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑309(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Businesses covered by this section shall maintain full and accurate monthly records of their finances, separately indicating each of the following:
(1)	Amounts expended by the business for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and the quantity of alcoholic beverages purchased;
(2)	Amounts collected from the sale of alcoholic beverages sold; and
(3)	Amounts collected from the sale of food, nonalcoholic beverages, and all other items sold by the business.
Records of purchases of alcoholic beverages and sales of alcoholic beverages shall be filed separate and apart from all other records maintained on the premises, and all records related to alcoholic beverages, including original invoices, shall be maintained on the premises for three years and shall be open for inspection and audit pursuant to G.S. 18B‑502. Failure to maintain the records concerning malt beverages and unfortified wine in the type and manner prescribed shall result in the automatic revocation of the establishment's permits."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.