A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the seating capacity requirement and eliminate the population requirement for in‑stand sales of malt beverages.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑1009 reads as rewritten:
"§ 18B‑1009.  In‑stand sales.
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit a retail permittee from selling for consumption, malt beverages in the seating areas of stadiums, ballparks, and other similar public places with a seating capacity of 3,000 or more during professional sporting events, provided that:
(1)	The seating areas are designated as part of the retail permittee's licensed premises;
(2)	The retail permittee has notified the Commission, in writing, of its intent to sell malt beverages in the seating areas at sporting events;
(3)	Service of food and nonalcoholic beverages is available in the seating areas;
(4)	The retail permittee has certified to the Commission that it has trained its employees:
a.	To identify underage persons and intoxicated persons; and
b.	To refuse to sell malt beverages to those persons as required by G.S. 18B‑305; and
(5)	The employees do not verbally shout or hawk the sale of malt beverages."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.