NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 502

SENATE BILL 673

AN ACT RELATING TO THE SALE OF WINE BY COMMERCIAL WINERIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 105-113.70(b) is amended by adding a new proviso at the end of the first proviso in the first paragraph thereof, to read as follows:

"Provided further, that persons licensed under this subsection may make retail sales to the extent authorized under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws (Chapter 18A of the General Statutes, and this Article) and shall be subject to the same provisions as are applicable under this Article to all other properly licensed retailers of unfortified and fortified wine."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 105-113.72 is amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the second paragraph thereof, to read as follows:

"Manufacturers licensed under this section may make retail sales to the extent authorized under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws (Chapter 18A of the General Statutes, and this Article) and shall be subject to the same provisions as are applicable under this Article to all other properly licensed retailers of unfortified and fortified wine."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 105-113.88 is amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof, to read as follows:

"For the purposes of this Article, where the term 'wholesale distributor or importer' is used with reference to wholesale distributors or importers of fortified and unfortified wine, such term shall include resident manufacturers of fortified and unfortified wine who make retail sales thereof pursuant to G.S. 18A-36.1, and G.S. 105-113.70(b) or G.S. 105-113.72."

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of May, 1979.