GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 198

Short Title:      Amend Law on Notice from ALE of Violation.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Miller and Pyrtle (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

February 26, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to AMEND the LAW REQUIRING ALCOHOL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO NOTIFY PERMIT HOLDER OF certain VIOLATIONS committed on the permitted establishment.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑502(c) reads as rewritten:

"(c)      If any alcohol law enforcement agent or local ABC officer issues a citation to an employee of a permitted establishment, who is not the named holder of an ABC permit for the establishment, for conduct occurring on the premises of the establishment that is a violation of this Chapter or Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, the alcohol law enforcement agent or local ABC officer shall send notice by electronic means or certified mail to the holder of the permit within five business days of the issuance of the citation. If the Commission receives a report from a law enforcement agency other than the Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement of the Department of Public Safety or a local ABC officer documenting violations of this Chapter or Chapter 14 of the General Statutes for conduct occurring on the premises of a permitted establishment, the Commission shall send notice of the alleged violation to the holder of the permit within five business days of receipt of the law enforcement agency report. The written notice shall identify the currently alleged violations and the involved employee. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent or limit the Commission from taking any additional action warranted by the circumstances of the violation."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to violations committed on or after that date.