A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the law regarding abc elections in certain townships.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑600 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f2)	Certain Township Elections. – An election may be called on any of the propositions listed in G.S. 18B‑602(a), (d), and (h) in any township located within a county with only one incorporated municipality, where ABC stores have been established pursuant to law in the municipality, but not otherwise established in the county, the municipality had a population of less than 2,500 as of the 2010 federal census, the county is wholly surrounded by other counties of this State and does not share a border with another state, and part of the township is located within 1,000 feet of the boundary of a municipality in another county with a population between 35,000 and 45,000 as of the 2010 federal census. The election shall be held by the county board of elections upon request of the county board of commissioners or upon petition of twenty‑five percent (25%) of the registered voters of the township. The election shall be conducted and the results determined in the same manner as county elections held under this Article. For purposes of this Article, townships holding any election under this subsection shall be treated on the same basis as counties, and municipalities located within those townships shall be treated on the same basis as cities.
For purposes of this subsection, the name and boundary of a township is as it is shown on the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
In any township election held under this subsection, the area within any incorporated municipality is excluded, and no permits may be issued under this subsection in any excluded area.
In order for an establishment to qualify for a permit under this subsection, the establishment's gross receipts from food and nonalcoholic beverages shall be greater than its gross receipts from alcoholic beverages."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.