AN ACT to amend alcoholic beverage control election laws to allow cities which are located in more than one county to have a citywide election for mixed beverages.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑600(e4)(2) reads as rewritten:
"§ 18B‑600.  Places eligible to hold alcoholic beverage elections.
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(e4)	Multicounty/City ABC Elections. – If a city is located in two or more counties, the following provisions shall apply:
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(2)	The city may hold a mixed beverage election if the city has at least 500 registered voters and a county in which a portion of the city is located operates ABC stores, or a municipality in either county in which the city is located operates an ABC store.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 7:08 p.m. this 19th day of August, 2007