A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the amount of certain fees assessed by the ABc commission to a veterans of foreign wars post.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑903 reads as rewritten:
"§ 18B‑903.  Duration of permit; renewal and transfer.
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(b)	Renewal. – Application for renewal of an ABC permit shall be on a form provided by the Commission. An application for renewal shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee. The application fee shall be the same amount as the initial fee set in G.S. 18B‑902, except that (i) the renewal application fee for each wine shop permit shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00), (ii) the renewal application fee for each mixed beverages permit and each guest room cabinet permit shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000), and (iii) the renewal application fee for any permit issued to a Veterans of Foreign Wars post shall be reduced by ninety percent (90%).
(b1)	Registration. – Each person holding a malt beverage, fortified wine, or unfortified wine permit issued pursuant to G.S. 18B‑902(d)(1) through G.S. 18B‑902(d)(6) shall register by May 1 of each year on a form provided by the Commission, in order to provide information needed by the State in enforcing this Chapter and to support the costs of that enforcement. The registration required by this subsection shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable annual registration and inspection fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for each permit held, except that the annual registration and inspection fee for each permit held by a Veterans of Foreign Wars post is forty dollars ($40.00). The fee shall be paid by May 1 of each year. Failure to pay the annual registration and inspection fee shall result in revocation of the permit.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019, and applies to renewals and registrations on or after that date.