NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1329

SENATE BILL 949

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE LICENSING OF FUEL ALCOHOL DISTILLERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new section is added to the General Statutes to read:

"§ 18A-69. Distilleries for Fuel Alcohol. — Any person in possession of a Federal Operating Permit pursuant to Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 201.131 through 201.138 or Part 201.64 through 201.65 shall obtain a permit under this Article before manufacturing any alcohol. The permit entitles the permit holder to perform only those acts allowed by the Federal Operating Permit, and all conditions of the Federal Operating Permit apply to the State permit. The application fee for this permit is ten dollars ($10.00)."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 105-113.72 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(c)       Any person, firm, or corporation authorized to manufacture fuel alcohol under G.S. 18A-69 shall pay an annual license tax of ten dollars ($10.00)."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on October 1,1980, and applies to all persons holding or obtaining federal permits on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.