NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1155

HOUSE BILL 1598

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 18A-16 TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY ABC BOARD BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 18A-16, as the same appears in the 1975 Replacement Volume 1C, is hereby amended:

(a)       by deleting from the first paragraph of subsection (a) thereof, at lines 6 through 9, the following:

"in a joint meeting of the board of county commissioners, the county board of health, and the county board of education. Each person voting at this joint meeting shall have only one vote, notwithstanding the fact that there may be instances in which some persons are members of another board.", and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "by the Edgecombe County Board of County Commissioners";

(b)       by deleting from the second paragraph of subsection (a) thereof, at lines 11 and 12, the words "the appointing boards" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "the Edgecombe County Board of County Commissioners";

(c)       by deleting therefrom the third paragraph of subsection (a), lines 18 through 27, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"Any member of the county board hereinabove referred to in this section may be removed at any time by the board of county commissioners whenever such board finds, by a majority vote of its membership, that a member or members are unfit to serve on the county alcoholic beverage control board. If any member of the county board is removed hereunder, his successor shall be selected to serve out the time for which such member was originally selected.";

(d)       by deleting from the fourth paragraph of subsection (a), at lines 33 through 35, the following:

"at a joint meeting of the board of county commissioners, the county board of health, and the county board of education, which joint meeting shall be held within 10 days after such resignation or death.", and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"by the Edgecombe County Board of County Commissioners at its next regularly scheduled meeting following the death or resignation of the chairman or any other member of the county board of alcoholic control.";

(e)       by deleting from subsection (c) thereof, at line 2, the words "joint meeting of the several boards that appoint them" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "Edgecombe County Board of County Commissioners";

(f)        by deleting from subsection (d) thereof, at lines 15 and 16, the words "The three joint boards referred to above", and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "The Edgecombe County Board of County Commissioners".

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to Edgecombe County.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1978.