AN ACT to strengthen the nuisance laws to close down businesses THAT REPEATEDLY SELL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 19‑1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 19‑1.  What are nuisances under this Chapter.
(a)	The erection, establishment, continuance, maintenance, use, ownership or leasing of any building or place for the purpose of assignation, prostitution, gambling, illegal possession or sale of alcoholic beverages, illegal possession or sale of controlled substances as defined in the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act, or illegal possession or sale of obscene or lewd matter, as defined in this Chapter, shall constitute a nuisance. The activity sought to be abated need not be the sole purpose of the building or place in order for it to constitute a nuisance under this Chapter.
(b)	The erection, establishment, continuance, maintenance, use, ownership or leasing of any building or place wherein or whereon are carried on, conducted, or permitted repeated acts which create and constitute a breach of the peace shall constitute a nuisance.
(b1)	The erection, establishment, continuance, maintenance, use, ownership or leasing of any building or place wherein or whereon are carried on, conducted, or permitted repeated activities or conditions which violate a local ordinance regulating sexually oriented businesses so as to contribute to adverse secondary impacts shall constitute a nuisance.
(b2)	The erection, establishment, continuance, maintenance, use, ownership, or leasing of any building or place for the purpose of carrying on, conducting, or engaging in any activities in violation of G.S. 14‑72.7.
(c)	The building, place, vehicle, or the ground itself, in or upon which a nuisance as defined in subsection (a), (b), or (b1) of this section is carried on, and the furniture, fixtures, and contents, are also declared a nuisance, and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided.
(d)	No nuisance action under this Article may be brought against a place or business which is subject to regulation under Chapter 18B of the General Statutes when the basis for the action constitutes a violation of laws or regulations under that Chapter pertaining to the possession or sale of alcoholic beverages."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to nuisance actions filed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 10:31 a.m. this 3rd day of July, 2013